To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Advertise the 2026 On-Call Contracts for Various Road, Flood Control, and Airport Maintenance Work, Countywide.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to advertise the 2026 On-Call Contracts for Various Road, Flood Control, and Airport Maintenance Work, for routine maintenance, repair, replacement, and reconstruction of existing road, flood control, and airport facilities, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Various Funds
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County (County) Public Works Department maintains over 650 miles of roads, 79 miles of creeks and channels, and 29 detention basins and dams throughout the County.
The Public Works Department will use the 2026 On-Call Contracts for Various Road, Flood Control, and Airport Maintenance Work to provide support, as needed, to Public Works Maintenance crews for routine road, flood control, and airport maintenance repairs, such as but not limited to, pavement repairs and replacement, crack seal, slurry seal, skin patching, asphalt concrete cold planing, pavement leveling, shoulder widening, hot mix asphalt paving, storm damage repair work, rock slope protection, and slope stabilization, culverts, and concrete structures, on an as-needed basis, in various locations throughout Contra Costa County.
The Public Works Department intends to award at least two (2) $6,000,000 contracts to the responsible bidders. Each contract will have a term of one (1) year with the option of four (4) one-year extensions. The contract(s) will be used, as needed, without a minimum amount required to be spent.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not advertised, the Public Works Department may be unable to complete routine road, flood control, and airport maintenance work in a timely manner.