DEPARTMENT: Aviation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Russell J. Handy
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Award of Construction Contract for the Monument and Directional Signage Project at Stinson Municipal Airport
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance accepts the lowest responsive bid and approves a construction contract for the monument and directional signage project at Stinson Municipal Airport (Stinson) in the amount of $371,371.00 to Jerdon Enterprise, LLC (Jerdon). This project is funded by the Airport Improvement and Contingency Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
One of the key recommendations to come from the 2013 Stinson Municipal Master Plan was to improve the signage and wayfinding around Stinson. The Master Plan noted that the new and additional signage was needed to create a well-defined airport entrance and provide identification and visibility for Stinson.
As this project was developed, two locations for monument signs were recommended at the intersection of Mission Road and 99th Street on the northeast side of Stinson and at the intersection of Acequia and Mission Road. The base bid also included the fabrication and installation of 12 directional signs. As part of the solicitation package, four additive alternates were included for two directory signs, 15 tenant signs and landscaping and irrigation services for the monument signs.
Solicitation
An Invitation For Bid was released on May 9, 2018 and three bids were opened on June 19, 2018. Gonzalez de La Garza, the engineering consultant for the project, reviewed bids and determined one bidder had not submitted all the required documents and was deemed disqualified. The consultant reviewed the remaining two bidders and deemed Jerdon the lowest responsive bidder. This action will accept the base bid and all four additive alternates.
This contract will be awarded in compliance with the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Program, which requires contracts to be reviewed by a Goal Setting Committee to establish a requirement and/or incentive unique to the particular contract in an effort to maximize the amount of small, minority and women-owned business participation on the contract. The Goal Setting Committee set a 21% Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) subcontracting goal and a 1% African-American Business Enterprise (AABE) subcontracting goal. Jerdon has committed to meeting the subcontractor participation goal.
ISSUE:
This Ordinance accepts the lowest responsive bid and approves a construction contract for the monument and directional signage project at Stinson Municipal Airport (Stinson) in the amount of $371,371.00 to Jerdon.
This project supports the efforts of the San Antonio Airport System to increase visibility of Stinson within the community.
ALTERNATIVES:
As an alternative, City Council could choose not to award this contract and require staff to re-advertise this project. Considering the additional time required for another solicitation process, this would adversely affect the timely completion of the project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a one-time capital improvement expenditure in the amount of $371,371.00 from previously authorized funding to be made payable to Jerdon. This action will release savings in the amount of $255,121.25 due to lower than anticipated bids to the Airport Improvement and Contingency Fund for other capital projects in the Airport System.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this construction contract to Jerdon for construction of the monument and directional signage project at Stinson.