DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 1
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: (Design-Build) Zoo Parking Garage
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of a Design-Build Services Agreement in an amount not-to-exceed $10,800,000.00 for the design and construction of the San Antonio Zoo Parking Garage Project, a 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond-funded project located in Council District 1.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This project provides for the construction of a new parking garage on City-owned property, near the Zoo. The parking garage project will provide for up to (600) new parking spaces, divided over three (3) parking levels, and will include associated site work, utilities, landscaping and irrigation improvements. The new structure will benefit all of San Antonio by providing increased parking accommodation to the Zoo and the neighboring institutions.
The parking garage will be a City asset located within the leased premises of the Zoo; the City will retain ownership of the garage. The Zoo will maintain and operate the parking garage. Parking will be free except for special events. Any parking revenue collected will be retained by the Zoo for maintenance.
Specific Design-Build services include, but are not limited to, design, environmental and historical permitting, right-of-way acquisition, and procurement for construction and inspections.
As required by state law, a two-part solicitation process was used to select a Design-Build firm to complete design and construction services for the San Antonio Zoo Parking Garage Project. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the first phase of the two-phase solicitation process, was released on December 22, 2017. The RFQ was advertised in the San Antonio Hart Beat, the Texas Electronic State Business Daily and posted on the City's website. Responses were due on January 24, 2018. Seven firms res...
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