Recommendation:
AUTHORIZE and APPROVE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a change order to increase the payment limit by $5.5 million dollars, to a new payment limit of $101 million dollars with Sletten Construction Company, a Montana Corporation for the construction of the West County Re-entry, Treatment and Housing project.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for the construction contract comes from a $70 million grant from the State of California authorized by Senate Bill 844 (SB844) and $25.5 million from the General Fund appropriated in prior fiscal years.
Building Construction
$76 million
Contractor Fees and Costs
$16.3 million
Owner Allowances
$ 8.7 million
Total Contract Guaranteed Price
$101 million
County staff and consultants
$18 million
Equipment
$ 5 million
Contingency
$ 2.5 million
Total Project Budget
$126.5 million
*Background:
Sletten Construction was awarded the contract to build the West County Re-entry, Treatment and Housing (WRTH) project on December 7, 2021. The project is a 288 bed, five housing unit, detention facility with a complete medical clinic built into the facility. Two of the five housing units, comprising 96 beds, are specialized for the treatment of detainees with medical and mental health issues. The facility also includes visitation, including family visitation areas, classrooms and training facilities and space for non-governmental service providers to deliver re-entry services to the detainee population.
The majority of the funding for the project is from a State of California grant in the amount of $70 million dollars. However, delays on the part of the State in giving final approval of the grant and permission to proceed with the project have led to cost escalations in the project during this period of extensive construction cost inflation.
In addition, several of the authorizees that have jurisdiction over aspects of the project including ...
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