Ordinance 2919CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2919
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NEW
SUBSECTION 2-61.8 (DESIGN BUILD) TO SECTION 2-61 (BIDDING
PROCEDURS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS AN GOODS AN SUPPLIES) OF
CHAPTER II (ADMINISTRATION)
BE IT ORDAIND by the City Council of the City of Alameda that:
Section 1 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a new
subsection 2-61.8 (Design Build) to section 2-61 (Bidding Procedures on Public Projects
and Goods and Supplies), of Chapter II (Administration) thereof to read:
61.8 Design Build
a. This section provides for an alternative and optional procedure on bidding on
certain building constrction projects.
b. The City Council may authorize use of a design-build contract for projects
estimated to cost one million dollars ($1 000 000) or more when it is anticipated that this
contracting method wil reduce project cost, expedite project completion, or provide
design features not achievable through the design-bid-build method. The city may award
a design-build contract based on either the low responsible bid or Best Value.
As used in this section:
1. Best value means a value determined by objective criteria and may include
but is not limited to , price, features , fuctions , life-cycle costs , and other specified
criteria.
2. "Design"'build" means a procurement process in which both the design and
construction of a project are procured trom a single entity.
Design-build projects shall progress as follows:
1. The city shall prepare a set of documents setting forth the scope of the project
in suffcient detail to describe the city s needs and minimum requirements.
2. Based on the documents prepared in paragraph (1), the city shall prepare a
request for proposals that invites interested parties to submit competitive sealed proposals
in the manner prescribed by the city.
3. The city shall prequalify design-build entities and may use the standard
questionnaire developed by the Deparment of Industrial Relations.
4. The city shall establish a procedure for final selection of the design-build
entity. Selection may be based on a competitive bidding process resulting in lump-sum
bids by the prequalified design-build entities , with the contract to be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder. In the alternative, selection may be based upon a design-build
competition based upon Best Value and other criteria set forth in the Request for
Proposals upon four (4) affirmative votes of the City Council per City Charter section 3-
15.
e. The City Manager or his/her designee is authorized to develop and implement
appropriate rules and regulations necessary to carr out the intent of this Chapter. At a
minimum , the rules and regulations wil address the following issues: information to be
included in design-build Requests for Proposals , procedures for evaluating design-build
proposals and awarding design-build contracts , bonding and insurance requirements for
design-build contractors , and subcontractor listing requirements for design-build
proposals.
Section 2 . This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the
expiration of thirty (30) days from the dSttei
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Attest:
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda
, the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 6
day of April , 2004 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Daysog, Gilmore , Kerr , Matarese , and
Mayor Jolmson - 5.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
th day of April , 2004.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda