Inglewood News AND LENNOX CITIZEN The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - April 28, 2016 Building Healthy Communities On Saturday, April 16, 2016, California leaders, headed by CA State Treasurer John Chiang, joined thought leaders of The California Endowment (TCE) in a roundtable discussion of how inequities in race, education and income have greater impact on health than doctor’s visits. California Endowment CEOs presented their groundbreaking video, “Tale of Two Zip Codes” voiced over by celebrity and activist George Takei, which highlights the idea that your zip code matters more than your genetic code when it comes to your health. Photo by John Lazar Modernization Improvements To Be Made To Elevators Inside Locust Street Parking Structure By Cristian Vasquez contracts on Sept. 30, 2015; at the same The City of Inglewood will begin the meeting a resolution was adopted to submit modernization efforts on Parking Structure the contracts to the California Department No. 2, located on 115 N. Locust St., and have of Finance [DOF]. However, after approval the building’s two elevators reconstructed Fujitec America, Inc. asked for additional at a cost of $147,974. The agreement with modifications to the contract, which could AMTECH Elevator Services was approved not be changed. during the April 19 council meeting and will also include a 15 percent contingency fee of $22,196 “The purpose for approving the “On Sept. 29, 2015, the Chairman and implementation of Public Safety Successor Agency Board Members adopted a Capital Improvements was to resolution approving contracts expending funds address the need to reduce crime for the Public Safety Capital Improvements to and resolve public health concerns Parking Structure No. 2,” states the staff report at the structure.” signed by City Manager Artie Fields. “The purpose for approving the implementation of Public Safety Capital Improvements was to address the need to reduce crime and resolve public health concerns at the structure.” To date the city has approved and entered five contracts to implement Public Safety Capital Improvements projects, including: an agreement with Machineous Consultants for the installation of public safety mechanisms that secure openings to buildings; an agreement with Santa Monica Electric Company whom would upgrade lighting and install electrical items necessary for public safety improvements; and an agreement with J&S Systems so they could install video cameras, panic buttons, and other public safety improvements. The city also entered agreements with Pacific Parking Structures, Inc. and Fujitec America, Inc. to install ticket machines and to reconstruct two elevators, respectively. The Oversight Board of the City of Inglewood Successor Agency approved the “They were given an opportunity to move forward with the contract as approved but elected to withdraw,” states the staff report. “A Request for Bids [RFB] was quickly prepared and circulated to solicit a qualified elevator contractor to replace the previously selected vendor. The RFB included a comprehensive and detailed scope of work predicated upon the work task outlined and negotiated in the original vendor contract.” Circulating the RFB only netted one response for the city, which then had staff conduct follow-up interviews [via a list of vendors obtained from the Department of Public Works] to identify possible reasons for such a low response rate. Searching for larger contracts and needing more time to prepare and respond were cited as the main reasons for such a low number of bids. “Staff considered the option of recirculating the RFB, but found the company AMTECH Elevator Services met all the submittal requirements and was more competitive than the original Fujitec bid [$175,890],” states the staff report. “Due to the need for expediency and the fact that AMTECH’s bid is responsive, staff recommends going forward with the process of hiring a contractor with this bid process to replace Fujitec.” AMTECH, located in the City of Downey, is a subsidiary of Otis Elevator Company [Otis Elevator]. The staff report presented to the city council indicates that Otis Elevator is one of the biggest elevator product and service provider, as well as being very reputable. With more than 60,000 employees, customers worldwide and 150 years of experience, the city approved the agreement. AMTECH provided the most comprehensive bid package, which also met all of the RFB requirements. The bid also revealed that AMTECH specializes in smaller-sized projects, which are pursued by Otis Elevator. “Tax-exempt bond funds will be used to cover eligible project costs under the tax-exempt bond guidelines,” states the staff report. “The total cost of the elevator modernization project will not exceed $147,974 bid price plus the $22,196 contingency for a total amount of $170,170 and will be funded from account code bond funding as authorized by DOF. “The lump sum bid price submitted by AMTECH falls below the original contract bid price of Fujitec America, Inc. As proposed, the elevator modernization will take approximately four (4) months to complete. 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