To: Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From: Joseph Villarreal, Executive Director
Report Title: AWARD OF CONSRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF 4 UNITS LOCATED IN THE ALHAMBRA TERRACE DEVELOPMENT IN MARTINEZ
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1) Acting as the governing board of the Contra Costa Housing Authority, APPROVE plans, specifications, and design to modernize four (4) units, Units 35, 36, 39, and 40, located in the Alhambra Terrace Public Housing Development respectively at 2811 Terrace Way, 2801 Terrace Way, 2900 Terrace Way, and 2910 Terrace Way, in Martinez, CA.
(2) AWARD The construction contract for the above project to EVRA Construction in the amount of $969,900.00 and DIRECT that EVRA Construction shall present two good and sufficient surety bonds contractor performance and payment) in the amount of $969,900.00 each and that the Executive Director, or designee, shall prepare the contract.
(3) AUTHORIZE the Executive Director, or designee, to approve construction change orders, as needed, up to a maximum total of 10% (96,900.00), which is in addition to the contract award amount.
(4) ORDER that, after the contractor has signed the contract and returned it, together with the bonds as noted above, certificates of insurance, and any other required documents, and the Executive Director has reviewed and found them to be sufficient, the Executive Director, or designee, is authorized to sign the contract for this Board.
(5) ORDER that the Executive Director, or designee, is authorized to sign any escrow agreements prepared for this project to permit the direct payment of retentions into escrow or the substitution of securities for moneys withheld by HACCC to ensure performance under the contract, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300.
(6) DELEGATE, pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 4114, to the Executive Director, or designee, the Board’s function under Public Contract Code sections 4107 and 4110.
(7) DELEGATE, pursuant to Labor Code Section 6705, to the Executive Director, or to any registered civil or structural engineer employed by HACCC, the authority to accept detailed plans showing the design of shoring, bracing, sloping, or other provisions to be made for worker protection during trench excavation covered by that section.
BACKGROUND:
On Monday, July 22, 2024, and Monday, July 29, 2024, HACCC published public notice Invitation for Bid (IFB) IFB 24144-315 for the Alhambra Terrace 4-Unit Modernization Project Phase 1A through the Bay Area News Group for the required two (2) weeks public notice period. HACCC solicited bids for the modernization of Units 35, 36, 39, and 40 in the Alhambra Terrace public housing development in Martinez, CA. HACCC selected the most responsible and cost-effective firm to modernize the units and return them to service.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The construction contract will be funded 100% by HUD.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board not award the construction contract, as recommended, the four units will continue and remain in their existing condition, three (3) will remain vacant and one (1), in its occupied state, will remain as they were built in 1942.