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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding a bid protest for the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building Renovation Award of Contract, Fourth District, as follows: (EST. TIME: 20 MIN.)
a) Find that the bid submitted by K.J. Cain, Inc. for the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building (LVMB) Renovations Project is non-responsive;
b) Reject the bid of K.J. Cain, Inc. on the basis that it is non-responsive;
c) Find that STC Development, Inc. is the lowest responsible bidder submitting a responsive bid;
d) Approve the award of a Fixed Price Construction Contract in the amount of $220,000.00 to STC Development, Inc., subject to the provisions of the documents and certifications as set forth in the plans and specifications applicable to the project and as required by California Law;
e) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a Construction Contract upon return of the Contractor's executed contract documents, and the review and approval of County Counsel, Auditor-Controller and Risk Manager or their authorized representatives;
f) Authorize the Director of General Services or designee to approve change orders up to the limit specified in Public Contract Code Section 20142, or $22,000.00 for this contract; and
g) Find that pursuant to CEQA Section 15162, no substantial changes are proposed, and no new information of substantial importance has come to light regarding environmental effects of the project, or of the sufficiency or feasibility of mitigation measures, and therefore the contract award is within the scope of the project covered by the Mitigated Negative Declaration and monitoring program approved and adopted by the Board for this project on March 16, 2010, and that, therefore, no new environmental document is required.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE