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PUC awards Tesla UV treatment contract despite protest alleging scoring rounding changed outcome
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to award a design-build contract for the Tesla UV treatment facility to PCL Civil Constructors after staff recommended the low evaluated-cost/combined-score bid. CDM/Monterey Mechanical protested, arguing a rounding method in the scoring changed the ranking; city attorneys defended the RFP's published formula.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to award a design‑build contract for the Tesla UV treatment facility to PCL Civil Constructors, rejecting a formal protest from the joint venture of CDM and Monterey Mechanical that said a scoring-rounding rule produced an unfair outcome.
Julie Labonte, the PUC’s Water System Improvement Program director, told commissioners the procurement used a prequalification process and a published evaluation formula that combined qualifications and two cost components (a lump-sum bid and a 25‑year net present‑worth operating cost). "PCL came in first with 433.17 points," Labonte said, and staff recommended proceeding to meet an…
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