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CITY OF RIVERSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMORANDUM Honorable Mayor & Agency Members Date: May 16, 2000 Item No.: 2 Subject: Request to Award Bid No. 5719 for Building Demolition and Lot Clearance at 3570 Ninth Street (Schacker Building) and 3960/3964 Orange Street (Jimenez Building) Background On January 19, 1999, the Redevelopment Agency entered into a Ground Lease Agreement with the Riverside County Board of Law Library Trustees for the construction of an interim parking lot at the southeast comer of Ninth and Orange Streets. The project includes razing and removing the Schacker and Jimenez buildings from the premises and constructing an interim parking lot to provide additional public parking spaces in that area of the downtown. The parking lot will consist of approximately 135 parking spaces used for monthly permit parking. It is anticipated that the Parking Authority, or its representative, will manage the parking lot during the lease period and maintain it under the parking system improvement program. During the last thirteen months, several elements of the project have been completed, including the asbestos and lead base paint assessment, and an historical evaluation of both buildings. Requirements from the Cultural Heritage Board have also been completed, such as preparation of a Phase I Environmental Investigation and HABS photographic documentation of the Jimenez building. On March 7, 2000, the Agency approved staff's recommendation to reject all bids and rebid the project based upon the opinion of the City' s Legal Department, Purchasing Department, Public Works Department and Development Department who determined that it would be in the Agency's best interest to reject all bids and rebid the project calling out the environmental abatement work as a specialty item. Current Issue On April 5, 2000, the City's Purchasing Department received eight (8) bids on behalf of the Agency (see attached Bid Tabulation Sheet). The project includes the following activities: · The abatement and proper disposal of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs); · The demolition of two buildings and lot clearing; and · The backfill and compaction of the basement. The low bid, which was submitted by Total Environmental Industries, Inc., has been determined by City staff to be "non-responsive" as they would only be doing 41% of the work with their own workforce. The bid document requires the contractor to perform with its own organization, contract work amounting to at least 50 percent of the contract price. The second low bid submitted by Fresh Air Environmental Services, Inc., was also "non-responsive" as the bidder does not currently hold the proper contractors license CC-21" - Building, Moving and Demolition) to do this work as required by the Contractors State License Board and by the bid documents. Staff has determined that the third bidder, Clauss Construction has submitted a "responsive" and "responsible" bid for $159,000. 2-1