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TRANSPORTATION/TRANSIT - Deputy Director Jessica Riske-Gomez
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Requested Action(s)
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a) CHANGE ORDER NO. 81 - Request approval of Contract Change Order No. 81 to Miscellaneous Agreement No. 2023-40 with McCuen Construction, Inc. for the Bus Maintenance and Administrative Facility Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $39,576.80 for temporary generators, electrical connections, labor, equipment rental, fuel, and related temporary-power costs required during the switchgear installation and electrical service transition
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Financial Impact:
Change Order No. 81 will increase the contract amount by $39,576.80. Following approval, the revised total contract amount will be $3,155,429.60.
Funding for the change order is available in 527-3033-53230.
No additional contract time is requested.
Background Information:
On February 28, 2023, the Board of Supervisors awarded the Bus Maintenance and Administrative Facility Rehabilitation Project to McCuen Construction, Inc. and approved Miscellaneous Agreement No. 2023-40 in the original amount of $2,000,000. The project includes office rehabilitation, parking and site improvements, security and access-control improvements, ADA upgrades, information-technology improvements, and bus maintenance and service-area improvements.
During the switchgear installation and electrical service transition, temporary power was required to maintain electrical service to the County facilities located at 1820 Bidwell Street and 1509 and 1515 Schwab Street. McCuen Construction’s electrical subcontractor provided three temporary generators, temporary electrical connections and reconnections, associated labor, generator rental, cabling, fuel, and related services during the scheduled electrical work. The contractor’s change-order request identifies a subcontractor direct cost of $34,414.61 and a general contractor markup of $5,162.19, for a total requested change order amount of $39,576.80.
The temporary-power work was directly related to the switchgear installation and was necessary to maintain operations during the electrical shutdown and transition. The work required coordination with the existing general contractor and electrical subcontractor, who were already mobilized and responsible for the project’s electrical work, site safety, scheduling, and restoration of permanent service.
Per previous board actions, changes orders were authorized for work needed as a result of unknown building and site conditions and lack of available as-built drawings. On January 23, 2024 the Board of Supervisors approved change orders 1-55 in the amount of $865,509.27. Other change orders for the project were approved by the Board of Supervisors at subsequent meetings.
Change Order No. 81 is the final anticipated change order for the project. Approval will authorize payment for the temporary-power work and adjust the total contract amount as permitted under Articles 10 and 11 of the construction agreement.