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File #: 25-3594    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/13/2025 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 9/9/2025 Final action: 9/9/2025
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute contract amendments with GradeTech, Inc., Kerex Engineering, Inc., and A. Teichert & Sons, Inc., to extend the contract term through January 8, 2027 for each contract, with no change to the payment limit, for continued on-call services for various road, flood control, and airport maintenance work, Countywide. (No fiscal impact)
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Contract Amendment for the 2023 On-Call Contract for Various Road, Flood Control, and Airport Maintenance Work, Countywide.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee


RECOMMENDATIONS:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with GradeTech, Inc., Kerex Engineering, Inc., and A. Teichert & Sons, Inc., to extend the contract terms through January 8, 2027, with no change to the payment limit, for continued on-call services for various road, flood control, and airport maintenance work, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Local Road, Flood Control District, and Airport Enterprise Funds.

BACKGROUND:

On January 9, 2024, the County awarded three (3) on-call contracts for various road, flood control, and airport maintenance work to supplement Public Works Maintenance crews during routine and emergency work, and to perform work that may be time-sensitive and may require specialized equipment and skills. A $900,000 contract was awarded to each of the following contractors: GradeTech, Inc. (GradeTech) Kerex Engineering, Inc. (Kerex), and A. Teichert & Sons, Inc. (Teichert). The contracts have a term of one year, with the option of two one-year extensions.

On December 17, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment No. 1 for the contracts with GradeTech, Kerex, and Teichert, extending the completion date from January 9, 2025, through January 8, 2026. Contract Amendment No. 1 also increased the payment limit for GradeTech from $900,000 to $1,200,000; the payment limits for Kerex and Teichert were unchanged.

On May 13, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment No. 2 for the contracts with GradeTech, Kerex, and Teichert, increasing the payment limit for GradeTech from $1,200,000 to $2,000,000, and the payment limits for Kerex and Teichert from $900,000 to $2,0...

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