Report to Carson Reclamation Authority
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
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CONSIDER CARSON RECLAMATION AUTHORITY APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT FOR CONTRACT SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN RE|SOLUTIONS, LLC AND SL CARSON BUILDERS, LLC FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SITE WORK, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND FOUNDATION SYSTEMS AT THE FORMER CAL-COMPACT LANDFILL ("CCLF") PROJECT
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I. SUMMARY
On July 26, 2017, the Authority entered into an Environmental Remediation and Development Management Agreement with RE|Solutions, LLC ("RES") whereby RES would coordinate, oversee and implement the horizontal development at the Former Cal Compact Landfill project ("RES Agreement"). Part of RES' responsibility is to directly contract with professional services providers for the design components of the work and with general contractors for installation of the remedial systems, the piles and other foundation elements of the project.
On August 23, 2017, RES sent a Request for Qualifications for Civil General Contractor ("RFQ") to perform work related to infrastructure improvements and foundation systems at the CCLF. RES determined, and staff agrees, that a formal cost-based bidding process would not provide a competitive advantage in this situation for various reasons including the fact that formal bidding requires a detailed scope of work which would take several months to develop and result in significant delays (and costs) to the other moving components of the overall project, and also because the complex pollution liability insurance programs (CPL/PLI and PLL), which had to be bound before the end of 2017, required submittal of prospective contractor credentials in order to provide liability coverage. Snyder Langston, the parent of SL Carson Builders, LLC, was selected by RES in September, 2017 as part of that RFQ process, with the understanding that the parent company would provide a guaranty as to SL Carson Buidlers, LLC.
The terms of the RES Agreement requires that the C...
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