City of San Antonio - File #: 20-4228

• File #: 20-4228
• Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
• In control: Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation Board of Directors
• On agenda: 8/3/2020
• Posting Language: Briefing and ratification of the use of a Job Order Contract with the Public Works Department and LMC Corporation for building retrofits in an amount not to exceed $665,328.00; and appropriating funding from the FY 2021 Pre-K 4 SA fund balance in an amount not to exceed $919,806.00 for COVID 19 Response Safety Countermeasures [Brad Davenport, Pre-K 4 SA COO; Sarah Baray, Ph.D., Pre-K 4 SA CEO]

DEPARTMENT: Pre-K 4 SA


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Sarah Baray, Ph.D.


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide


SUBJECT:

COVID 19 Response Safety Countermeasures


SUMMARY:

This item requests board action to ratify the use of a Job Order Contract with the Public Works Department and LMC Corporation for building retrofits in an amount not to exceed $665,328.00; and appropriate funding from the FY 2021 Pre-K 4 SA fund balance in an amount not to exceed $919,806.00 for COVID 19 Response Safety Countermeasures.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

In response to the current pandemic and in support of the Return to Work plan, Pre-K 4 SA centers required retrofitting to meet new safety protocols aimed to reduce person-to-person contact, contain virus spread, and protect building occupants. On June 29, a task order was finalized and submitted to the Lee Construction and Maintenance Company (LMC) Corporation in order to execute the following deliverables to retrofit each education center: purchase touchless paper towels and soap/hand sanitizing; procure and replace water fountains with bottle filling stations; provide electrical work to facilitate the installation of auto swing door operators; construct plexi glass enclosures for all lobby areas.

This project was selected to utilize Job Order Contracting (JOC), an alternative project delivery method in which ten contractors were approved through Ordinance 2019-02-21-0134 by City Council on February 21, 2019. The use of the JOC delivery method provides the City with on-call construction, renovation and maintenance services for City buildings and facilities. Assignment of JOC contractors to specific jobs is based on the contractor's current workload, overall capacity, familiarity with a specific facility, and expertise in completing specific task and/or managing a specific trade needed to carry out the requested repair or rehabilitation. Of the ten contractors, LMC Corporation was selected to submit an estimate and project sc...