AGENDA DATE: 2/1/2017
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Pantops Public Safety Facility
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Pantops Public Safety Facility Budget
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Letteri, Kamptner, Henry and Abplanalp
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: An Invitation for Bid for the Pantops Public Safety Facility was issued on October 28, 2016. Bids were received on December 1, 2016. Eight (8) bids were received with the lowest being $2,935,000. The four lowest bids were very competitive with a spread from 1st to 4th of only $64,000. These close results support the conclusion that the plans were prepared well, consistently interpreted by the bidders and the County would unlikely benefit from rebidding the project.
The current construction budget for this project is $2,600,000. The final estimate received from the County's design professional was in line with the construction budget. This is the third consecutive project that the Project Management Division recently bid where the bids have come in 10-15% over budget which seems to indicate that pricing is on the rise.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities
DISCUSSION: Staff has been working with the design professionals, Fire Rescue staff, and the low bidder, Kenbridge Construction Company, in an effort to identify sources of additional funding and acceptable value engineering ideas that would enable the County to move forward with the project.
Prior to bidding, staff and the architect/engineer did a thorough review of the plans and identified items that would help to reduce costs and many of those ideas were incorporated into the plans. After receiving the bids for the project, The Project Management Division, working with Kenbridge Construction Company and their subcontractors, has been successful i...
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