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Page 2 Award of Bid 2016019 BCC Agenda Item for July 12, 2016 Barth Construction, Inc. is considered to be the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder for the project with a bid totaling$1;780,074.06. Barth Construction,Inc.has completed various construction projects within the County, and has consistently performed work in a satisfactory manner. Summary Due to a funding shortfall for the project,staff offers the following options to the Board for consideration; Option 1—Award the project to the low bidder and fully fund the project as bid-$1,780,074.06. Provide additional funding in the amount of$597,073.56 from Secondary Road Cash Forward,Account No.109039- 389040. Option 2—Delete line item 01000-16000-2-Exterior Structures from both bids and award the project to the low bidder. Eliminating this line item removes the covered walkways and bus shelters at each bus bay. It should be noted that it will cost the County more than$287,000 to install the covered walkways and bus shelters in the future. The footings'for the walkways and shelters cannot be installed with the current project as a manufacturer for the structures is part of the Contractors responsibility to obtain. As such, deleting this item and installing the structures at a later date will require the removal of sidewalks to allow the installation concrete footers. The current low bidder ($287,000 for this line item) would retain the lowest bid in the amount of$1,493,074.06.The second bidder($461,328.25 for this line item)would retain the second lowest bid in the amount of$1,723,793.996.For this option,additional funding in the amount of $310,073.56 is available from Secondary Road Cash Forward,Account No. 109039-389040. Option 3—Reject both bids,direct staff to analyze the current design to reduce costs,and report back to the Board with an anticipated cost savings for redesign of the project. FUNDING Partial funding is budgeted and available from the following account: MPO/Planning/Transit Hub Project Account No 12420415-066510-10802 - - T ($1,183,000.50) RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends Option 1 to the Board, with the provision that a Notice to Proceed is not issued to the Contractor until grant funding from FDOT has been procured. With options 1 or 2, staff also recommends the Board approve the attached agreement and authorize the Chairman to sign after review and approval of the agreement and the public construction bond by the County Attorney as to form and legal sufficiency and after receipt and approval of the required insurance by the Risk Manager. F-\Public Works\ENGINEERING DIVISION PROJECTS\I 330-GoLine Bus Transfer Hub Facii]iry\Admin\agenda items\BCC Agenda Memo Award of 270 Bid 1330 063016(2).doc