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Meeting Date:	05/10/2021
Reject 3 proposal for RFP 2021-002 Quad City Fire Station Renovations
Submitted for:	Joe Lopez	Submitted By:	Joe Lopez
Department:	Purchasing

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to reject the three (3) proposals submitted by the following contractors for Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 2021-002" Quad City Fire Station Renovations” due to price proposals exceeding the available budget allocation for this project and any other matters incident thereto.

Issue: Webb County Commissioners Court authorized the formal solicitation of competitive sealed proposals for the renovations of the Webb County Quad City Fire Station. Current funding allocated will not cover the base bid price proposals or any alternates being offered.

Solution: Recommend to reject all proposals and revisit the funding allocation for this project and return to Commissioners Court with options at a future public meeting. Current opinion of probable cost from project Architect is approximately $128,501.00.

Result: Approval to reject all proposals due to budget constraints. Instruct staff to revisit funding solutions, and alternates to design and/or any project adjustments necessary and return to Commissioners Court with recommended solutions.

Background:

The following price proposals were submitted. Base bids exceed the opinion of probable cost provided by project architect and the current funding allocation for this project. Recommendation is to reject all bids/proposals. Fifteen (15) general contractors viewed this public RFP but only three (3) submitted formal price proposals.

Romo Contractors LLC
Base Bid	$146,500.00
Alternate Bid No. 1	$8,000.00
Alternate Bid No. 2	$1,600.00
Total Base Bid w/Alternates	$156,100.00

Zertuche Construction LLC
Base Bid	$195,333.00
Alternate Bid No. 1	$6,433.00
Alternate No. 2	$2,233.00
Total Base Bid w/Alternates	$203,999.00

Suncity Enterprise LLC
Base Bid	$273,000.00
Alternate Bid No. 1	$7,800.00
Alternate Bid No. 2	$250.00
Alternate Bid No. 3	$7,200.00
Total Base Bid w/Alternates	$288,250.00

Previous Court Action:

N/A

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	TBD
Funding Source:	TBD
Balance:	TBD
Financial Impact:
TBD