REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: BRIAN E. RUSSELL, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Streets, Landscape, and Graffiti Divisions
ERIK LAFON, Project Manager
Public Works Department, Landscape Maintenance Division
SUBJECT
Title
Reject all bids received for Requirements Contract for Painting Services (Bid File 12501308). (Citywide)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council reject all bids for the Requirements Contract for Painting Services.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno identified a need for as-needed painting services for masonry walls, fencing, streetlights, and decorative archways located in street right of way. The Engineer's Estimate for this project is $304,500. Color New Corp of Woodland Hills, Ca. submitted a bid totaling $1,404,500, which was 361% above the Engineer's Estimate. Staff concluded that awarding the contract would not be in the City's best interest. All other bids were deemed non-responsive.
BACKGROUND
The Painting Services Requirements Contract aims to provide an as-needed painting services requirements contract for masonry walls, fences, decorative archways, and streetlights that are in the street right of way. A portion of the funding for this contract was included in the FY2025 budget, under budget motion #33, for $140,000 of General Fund to be used for painting of wrought iron expressway fences and concrete block walls in Council District 2. Additionally, staff has received requests from other Council Districts for estimates to paint infrastructure such as streetlights and decorative archways that are located in street right of way. While these additional requests are currently unfunded, combining the scope of all these assets into a single contract aimed to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
The Public Works Department prepared bid specifications, and a Notice Inviting Bids was published on the City's website and Planet...
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