CC MEETING: August 19, 2025
DATE: August 12, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Shannon Hicks, P.E., Assistant City Manager
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Approve A Contract With JonesCo General Contractors, LLC For The Detention Center Renovations Project In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,736,523.00.
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BACKGROUND:
As part of an ongoing effort to maintain the Police Department and Detention Center facilities, City staff have advanced a consolidated project to upgrade the analog access control system to a fully digital system and replace the paving and install a gate at the sallyport driveway for added security. Improvements from this project will include modifications to various areas, such as the intake/booking areas, to improve function, capacity, and safety of the facility, new millwork in the central control, intake, and fingerprint areas, a window to the supervisor's office facing the corridor, and adjustment of HVAC registers to accommodate a new ceiling grid and lighting in the modified areas.
Construction will occur in one phase, and the Detention Center will remain open during construction. The Contractor will coordinate with Detention Center Staff to maintain security during the renovations. While an actual schedule will be developed once all contracts are secured, construction duration is estimated to be complete in eight months.
The Architect's opinion of probable cost for work covered by this contract phase was estimated at $1,944,377.00. As outlined below, the actual lowest qualified proposal is approximately 28% above the architect's estimate, but remains below the overall budget of $5.6 million.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Construction services for this project have been selected through Engineering Bid Number 2025-05 utilizing the Competitively Sealed Proposals (CSP) process in accordance with State Law. The City evaluated and ranked each proposed contractor based on...
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