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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES wipe Board Memorandum 1f i BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: November 19, 2010 ITEM NO: 10 SUBJECT: ESTA31LISHMENT OF WATER DIVISION CONTRACTOR'S PANEL — PAVING CATEGORY ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider the establishment of Water Division Contractor's Parcel-Paving Category for the Public Utilities'water system construction paving projects and paving maintenance work. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities recommends that the City Council: 1. Adopt a resolution, by at least five affirmative votes, waiving the formal bidding requirements of Riverside City Charter Section 1109 for the work to be performed bythe Water Division Contractors' Panel to create a fifth category for Paving work; 2. Approve the establishment of the six-member Water Division Contractors' Panel for the Paving Work category as listed herein; 3. Authorize the Public Utilities General Manager to add additional qualified paving contractors to this Panel with subsequent reports back to the Board of Public Utilities from time to time on the addition of such new Panel members; and 4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Master Agreements with each listed Panel member, including any members subsequently added to the Panel, in substantially the same form as attached to this report. BACKGROUND: In 1999, the Board of Public Utilities and the City Council authorized the establishment of a Contractors' Panel to streamline the bidding process for Underground structure work for the Energy Delivery Division. Establishment of a Water Division Contractors'Panel and substantially conforming to the format established for the Energy Delivery Division was recommended. On September 21, 2007, the Board of Public Utilities approved the creation of the panel and recommended City Council approval of the same, On September 7, 2010, the City issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) asking for proposals from qualified contractors who are readily available to perform project work involving new construction, installation, maintenance, repair, modification, and/or extension of paving work on an as-needed basis. The following contractors were selected to perform the paving work category shown below for the Water Division. The contractors were selected based on their experience and qualifications, as specified in the RFP.