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Consider recommendations regarding the Award of Contract to Smith Electric Service for the Santa Barbara Courthouse Air Handler Phase 3 Retrofit Project No. F02003, First District, as follows:
a) Approve the plans and specifications for the Santa Barbara Courthouse Air Handler Retrofit Phase 3 Project No. F02003 (plans and specifications for this project are available from General Services Facilities Division);
b) Grant the low bidder's (United Mechanical's) request for relief from their bid due to a clerical mistake, without forfeiture of their bid bond;
c) Award Brannon, Inc. dba Smith Electric Service (a local vendor) a Contract for $803,952.00 for the Courthouse Air Handler Phase 3 Retrofit Project;
d) Authorize the Director of General Services, or designee, to approve change orders of an amount not to exceed 10% of the base amount of $250,000.00 plus 5% of the bid in excess of the base amount or $52,697.00 for this Contract; for a total project authorization of $856,649.00; and
e) Find that the proposed action is for the operation, repair or maintenance of an existing public structure and its mechanical equipment, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that which presently exists, and that the proposed action is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to 14 CCR Section 15301; approve and direct staff to file with the Clerk of the Board, a Notice of Exemption on that basis.