Avalon is seeking bids for a design-build contractor for the second phase of the Cabrillo Mole Ferry Terminal Rehab Project.
“The second phase of the project, budgeted at 520 million, will replace and reconfigure the existing structures to improve passenger queuing and adjacent transportation circulation,” according to a Dec. 12 staff report.
“In 2022, City Staff, working cooperatively with community stakeholders and the design firm Hart Howerton, developed a Design Intent document. This document has been shared in a number of town hall style public meetings and is available for review on the City’s website,” according to the staff report.
Public Works Director Bob Greenlaw told the council earlier this month that the city was ready to go out and procure the piece of the Mole that is the building site.
“City Staff has determined the best and most efficient way to move the project forward is through a design-build process. Using Hart Howerton’s Design Intent Document as a guide, City Staff are currently developing a Design-Build request for proposals (REP) for this project. Public Contract Code section 22164 establishes statutory measures that must be met in order for the City to engage in a Design-Build type procurement process,” according to the staff report.
Greenlaw told the council that the city has to go through a two-step process, which he said was not unusual for Federal funding, first a request for qualifications and then a request for proposals.
According to Greenlaw, it might not just be the lowest bidder that gets the contract. He said there might be other attributes.
“Like minority business?” asked Mayor Anni Marshall.
“Yeah, any of that, we could add that in there,” Greenlaw said.
“And that’s part of the requirements of the Federal funding is making sure you have that,” Greenlaw said.
He said the first step was getting the request for qualifications out and getting that short list of people who would propose the contract.
“And then we’ll be in front of you again as we go forward trying to get an RFP,” he said.
Councilmember Lisa Lavelle said it brought her great joy to authorize the city manager (or his designee) to request qualifications for bidders for a design-build of Phase II of the Cabrillo Mole Ferry Terminal Rehabilitation Project.
Councilmember Yesenia De La Rosa seconded the motion.
It passed unanimously.
