REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 3, 2020
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE TE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: WILLIAM C. HERR, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Facilities and Construction Management Divisions
BY: KARL LENHOF, Chief Engineering Inspector
Public Works Department, Construction Management Divisions
SUBJECT
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Approve a substitution of a listed Subcontractor JT2, Inc. dba Todd Companies for Fresno Fire Station No. 18 (Council District 1)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council approve the request from Klassen Corporation (Klassen), to substitute JT2, Inc. dba Todd Companies (Todd Companies) and utilize Total Concrete Services, Incorporated (Total Concrete), for the cast in-place concrete portion of this project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Klassen, the General Contractor who was awarded the referenced project, has requested to substitute Todd Companies, who is listed in the bid documents as performing the cast in-place concrete portion of the project. In accordance with the bid documents, Klassen listed Todd Companies for the cast in-place concrete portion of the project because the work exceeds one-half of one percent of the total contract amount.
Klassen notified the City by letter dated October 1, 2020, that their Subcontractor, Todd Companies after having a reasonable opportunity to do so has failed or refused to execute a written subcontract.
Klassen is asking that they be allowed to use Total Concrete to perform the cast in-place concrete portion. This action requires Council approval because Public Contract Code section 4107 requires consent of the awarding authority to a request by a prime contractor for a substitution of a subcontractor.
BACKGROUND
On November 14, 2019, a contract was awarded in the amount of $6,260,000 to Klassen, for the Fresno Fire Station No. 18 Project; the Notice to Proceed was issued with a start date of February 18, 2020.
In the original proposal, Todd Comp...
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