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Board Agenda Item 57
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DATE: January 28, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Award Class A and Class B Job Order Contracts
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S).
1. Adopt specifications for Contract Nos. 24-19-J, 24-20-J, and 24-21-J Class A (General
Engineering)Job Order Contracts;
2. Award Contract No. 24-19-J to the bidder with the lowest bid, Papich Construction, 398 Sunrise
Terrace, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420, total not to exceed $6,023,368;
3. Award Contract No. 24-20-J to the bidder with the second lowest bid, Walsh Montgomery
Construction, Inc., 1477 Menlo Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611, total not to exceed $6,023,368;
4. Award Contract No. 24-21-J to the bidder with the third lowest bid, Yarbs Grading and Paving,
Inc., 11339 S. Peach Avenue, Fresno CA 93725, total not to exceed $6,023,368;
5. Adopt specifications for Contract Nos. 24-J-10, 24-J-11, 24-J-12, and 24-J-13 Class B (General
Building) Job Order Contracts;
6. Award Contract No. 24-J-10 to the bidder with the lowest bid, Durham Construction Company,
Inc., 1025 Holland Avenue, Clovis, CA 93612, total not to exceed $6,023,368;
7. Award Contract No. 24-J-11 to the bidder with the second lowest bid, Newton Construction and
Management, Inc., 2436 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, total not to exceed $6,023,368;
8. Find that Simile Construction, Inc., 4725 Enterprise Way Modesto, CA 95356 is the third lowest
bidder for Contract No. 24-J-12, and the deviation from strict bidding requirement is immaterial and
is hereby waived, at the discretion of the Board and in furtherance of best interest of the County,
and award Contract No. 24-J-12, total not to exceed $6,023,368; and
9. Award Contract No. 24-J-13 to the bidder with the fourth lowest bid, Aventus NV, Inc., 1600
Carse Drive, Boulder City, NV 89005, total not to exceed $6,023,368.
Approval of the recommended actions would allow construction services for small to medium sized repair,
remodel and maintenance projects to be provided on an on-call basis through Job Order Contract (JOC).
The projects are related to requests from County departments and will be funded with the departments'
adopted budget appropriations. This item is countywide.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may elect not to approve some or all of the recommended actions, in which case, the
Department will be required to spend additional staff time and resources to prepare County department
projects for construction that could have been accomplished with greater expediency and efficiency using
JOC.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Funding for work
performed under the JOC will be on a per-job basis as requested by County departments in accordance
with their budgeted appropriations. Funds for the work covered by the Class A(General Engineering)JOC
will come primarily from Road Fund 0010. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues for Class A
JOC are included in the Department of Public Works and Planning - Roads Org 4510 FY 2024-25 Adopted
Budget. Additionally, the Class A JOC may be used and funded through other divisions and/or departments
that require construction services such as parking lot maintenance and repair.
Funding for the work covered by the Class B (General Building) JOC will come from various sources as the
Department's Capital Projects Division provides services to the Department and to other County
departments as requested. Allocations for budgeted projects are included in various Departmental - Capital
Projects Orgs for FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
A JOC is an indefinite work order quantity contract pursuant to which the awarded contractor will perform an
ongoing series of individual projects at different locations throughout the County during the 12-month period.
The bid document for the JOC includes a Construction Task Catalog containing detailed construction tasks
with preset unit prices. All unit prices are based on local labor, prevailing wages, material, and equipment
prices, and are for the direct cost of construction. Each contractor's bid includes adjustment factors to the
established unit prices based on various funding sources, facility types, and/or normal and non-normal
working hours.
Since 2015, the Department has issued annual solicitations for JOC to facilitate construction services for
various road maintenance and capital improvement projects. On November 5, 2024, the Department
advertised three Class A JOC and four Class B JOC contracts. Three JOC contracts are recommended for
award for Class A(General Engineering) projects and four are recommended for Class B (General Building)
projects based upon anticipated need in the next 12 months. Multiple JOC for each licensure type allows the
Department flexibility to respond to urgent County department project requests while being less reliant on
any specific contractor's availability.
The total amount for each Class A and Class B contract is $6,023,368. This is the maximum amount
allowable under California Public Contract Code (PCC) Section 20128.5. There is no minimum value
guaranteed in the JOC. A list of projects to be performed using is included as Attachment A.
A bid opening was held on December 12, 2024. Eight bids were received for the Class A JOC contracts
and seven bids were received for the Class B JOC contracts. All bidders have been deemed responsive.
Based on the anticipated need, seven contracts are recommended for award to the lowest bids submitted in
their respective licensure class.
The bidders and their respective Award Criteria Figures are shown below:
Class A
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Contractor Award Criteria Contract Recommended
Figure for Award
1. Papich Construction Heritage General 1.1099 24-19-J
2. Walsh Montgomery Construction, Inc. 1.1120 24-20-J
3. Yarbs Grading and Paving 1.1230 24-21-J
4. American Paving Co. 1.2500
5. Exbon Development Inc. 1.2910
6. Juarez Brothers General Engineering, Inc. 1.1410
7. Terra West Construction Incorporated 1.1585
8. Teichert 1.1795
Class B
Contractor Award Criteria Contract Recommended
Figure for Award
1. Durham Construction Company, Inc. 1.1360 24-J-10
2. Newton Construction and Management, Inc 1.1495 24-J-11
3. Simile Construction, Inc. 1.1518 24-J-12
4. Aventus NV, Inc. 1.1667 24-J-13
5. Heritage General 1.1750
6. Better Enterprises, Inc. 1.1772
7. Exbon Development Inc. 1.2865
Technical specifications and the Construction Task Catalog were prepared by the Department's consultant,
Gordian Group, and were reviewed by Department staff. Boilerplate specifications describing various
County administrative and contractual requirements were prepared by Department staff.
Public Contract Code § 20483 requires bid bonds be submitted with bids. Typically, the County requires bid
bonds valued at ten percent of the bid amount. Because JOC contracts are of uncertain total value, we
have typically required $25,000 bid bonds. Simile Construction, the third lowest bidder for Class B JOC,
submitted bid bonds in the amount of ten percent, which we assume the ten percent is based on the
maximum contract value of$6,023,368. Staff's assessment is that this irregularity likely resulted in a
heavier than requested bid bond, assuming the ten percent is based on the$6,023,368 million maximum
value of the contract, and that no competitive advantage was gained by the deviation, and that your Board
may therefore waive the discretion as immaterial and accept Simile's bid. The sixth lowest bidder for Class
A JOC, Juarez Brothers General Engineering, Inc., has a similar issue with their bid, however the placement
of Juarez' award criteria figure below the number of awarded contracts means the Board needn't waive or
otherwise address the validity of their bid.
ATTACHMENTS INCLUDED AND/OR ON FILE:
Attachment A
CAO ANALYST:
Salvador Espino
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