BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code § 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If “YES” Complete Attachment A – Gov. Code § 84308)
SUBJECT: Title
Find that Formal Competitive Bidding Would be Competitively Unavailing and Approve the Contingency Fund and Award the Construction Contract to Gordon N. Ball, Inc., for the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project, Project No. 26174043, Contract No. C0724 in the Sum of $125,649,597 (San Jose, Districts 2, 3, and 6).
End
RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
Find that formal competitive bidding would be competitively unavailing;
Award the Construction Contract to Gordon N. Ball, Inc., located in Alamo, California, in the sum of $125,649,597; and
Approve a contingency sum of up to $18,847,440 and authorize the Chief Executive Officer or designee to approve individual change orders up to the designated amount.
Body
SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) is undertaking the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project (CCFPP or Project) to provide flood risk reduction measures against a flood event equivalent to the February 2017 flood event or approximately a 20-year flood event. The CCFPP is approximately nine (9) miles long and located within the city of San Jose. The Project is part of the Safe, Clean Water Program that voters renewed in November 2020.
Project Background
The CCFPP’s primary objective is to provide protection from floods up to the level that occurred on February 21, 2017, equivalent to a flood level with a 5% risk of occurring in any given year (also referred to as a 20-year event), along Coyote Creek, between Montague Expressway and Tully Road, in San Jose. The CCFPP involves construction of multiple floodwalls, passive barriers and earthen berms along a nine (9) mile stretch of Coyote Creek.
Following a February 2020 order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding Anderson Dam, the original Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project was split into two projects to accomm...
Click here for full text