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Monrovia awards $838,042 construction contract for Satoru Tsunishi Park after bid protest
Summary
The council awarded a contract to RG General Engineering Inc. to construct the new Satoru Tsunishi Park and rejected a bid protest by the second‑low bidder; the project is funded by Measure K allocations and includes public art and native landscaping.
The Monrovia City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to award an $838,042 contract to RG General Engineering Inc. to build Satoru Tsunishi Park and to reject a bid protest filed by the apparent second‑low bidder.
Assistant/Project presenter Alex Tuchiki told the council the approximately 8,600‑square‑foot park will include a 1,975‑square‑foot playground, 1,300 square feet of turf, roughly 4,500 square feet of drought‑tolerant native landscaping, lighting, perimeter fencing, public art (including interpretive signs and murals), picnic tables, benches, a monument sign and a bike rack. Tuchiki noted the engineers’ estimate was about $978,608 and the low bid by RG General was $838,042.
Tuchiki said the city received a bid protest from Earthscape Landscape Inc., alleging the apparent low bidder was ineligible to perform landscape and irrigation work under California licensing law. "We reviewed that bid protest letter with the city attorney. We compare[d] that against the California license requirements... We are recommending at this time to reject the protest and then award the contract to the apparent low bidder," Tuchiki said.
Council approved the staff recommendation and authorized a 10% contingency of $83,800 and a construction management task order for Merrill Johnson Engineering for $83,655. Tuchiki said the project is funded from the Measure K plan and the total project budget remains within the council’s earlier allocation.
Action: the motion to approve the plans, reject the bid protest, award the construction contract and approve contingency and construction management passed by unanimous roll call (Councilmembers Edward Belden, Jimenez, Larry Spicer, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Kelly and Mayor Becky Shevlin voted yes).
