Resolution No. _____________

Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo, State of California

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Resolution Awarding and Authorizing Execution of a Contract for Installation of a Cogeneration Plant at the Maguire Correctional Facility - Redwood City Area (Project No. P8W02)

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors did, on March 23, 2004, adopted Resolution No. 66555, which Resolution adopted the plans and approved the specifications, determined the prevailing wage scales and called for sealed bids for the Maguire Correctional Facility Cogeneration System, and

WHEREAS, the Clerk of this Board of Supervisors did, in public on April 20, 2004, open and examine all sealed proposals that were received in the specified time for the doing of the work referred to in said Resolution No. 66555; and

WHEREAS, this Board of Supervisors has caused an analysis of said sealed proposals to be made by the Director of Public Works of the County of San Mateo, and has, in open session, fully reviewed and considered said proposals and the analysis thereof; and

WHEREAS, the lowest responsible bid was submitted by American Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Heating in the amount of Eight Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Five and No/100 Dollars ($821,795.00) based on an estimate of the amount of work to be done.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows:

1.

That it is in the best interest of the County of San Mateo to award the contract for the Maguire Correctional Facility Cogeneration System to:

American Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Heating

820 Aladdin Avenue

San Leandro, CA 94577

2.

That the County of San Mateo shall enter into a written contract with American Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Heating for the doing of said work as required by the Plans and Specifications, therefore adopted and approved by this Board of Supervisors, as hereinbefore mentioned, said Plans and Specifications being on file in the office of the Director of Public Works of the County of San Mateo.

3.

That the President of this Board of Supervisors shall be, and is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, to enter into said written contract with American Air Conditioning, Plumbing & Heating for the doing of said work, as hereinbefore mentioned and to receive and approve the Faithful Performance Surety Bond and the Labor and Material Surety Bond required to be posted by the said Contractor with the County of San Mateo in connection therewith.

4.

That all payments to the Contractor be in accordance with the Plans, Specifications, and other contract documents, based on the Director of Public Works' written estimates of work actually done.

5.

That, Paragraph 4 above notwithstanding, aggregate payments to the Contractor shall not exceed the sum of Nine Hundred Four Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($904,000.00) without this Board's approval.

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