ITEM 6-L

Council Meeting:  June 11, 1991

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT:  Award  of  Contract  for  the  Construction  of  Access
          Control at the Santa Monica Airport

Introduction

This report requests the City Council award a  contract  for  the
construction  of  access  control  at the Santa Monica Airport to
Crown Fence Company, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount
of $128,324.05.

Background

The Airport Access Control Project is part of an  effort  by  the
City  and the FAA to more clearly define the airside and landside
areas of the Airport.   Currently  there  are  no  clear  borders
between  the  runway  area  and the areas of public use including
driveways.

The project consists of the installation of 3500' of  chain  link
fence, 5 electric gates and 7 manual gates.  Access to all of the
landside facilities (offices, restaurants, skydeck) will be  easy
and   unrestricted,   but   access  to  airside  areas  would  be
restricted.  The access control project will improve  safety  and
better  control  the  movement of vehicles and pedestrians at the
Airport.  The potential for runway intrusion  will  be  decreased
since  unauthorized  vehicles  will  no longer have access to the
aircraft landing areas.  The Airport Commission and the FAA  have
approved the plans for access control at the Airport.

A Notice Inviting Bids was published on April 19 and 20, 1991  in
the  Evening Outlook and four construction journals, and was sent
to eight WMBE associations.  Plans and specifications were issued
to  seven  contractors.   Bids were received and read publicly on
May 30, 1991, by the Deputy City Clerk.

Four bids were received as follows:

     Crown Fence Company                   $ 128,324.05
     Alcorn Fence Company                  $ 145,774.50
     Santa Monica Fence Company            $ 148,962.00
     Ace Fence Company                     $ 185,211.40

             City's Engineer's Estimate    $ 180,000.00

The low bidder, Crown Fence Company, supplied the City with three
references.   All  references reported that the contractor's work
was satisfactory.  The FAA approved  awarding  this  contract  to
Crown Fence Company.

Budget/Financial Analysis

Funds required are as follows:

                   Contract . . . . . . .$  128,324.05
                   Contingencies. . . . .$   25,675.95

                       Total. . . . . . .$  154,000.00

Funds  for  this  project  are  available   in   account   number
33-710-631-29890-8911-99230, "Security Fencing", in the amount of
$154,000.00.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the City Council:

1.   Award a contract for the construction of access  control  at
     the  Santa Monica Airport to Crown Fence Company, the lowest
     responsible bidder, in the amount of $128,324.05.

2.   Authorize the City Engineer to issue  any  necessary  change
     orders  to  complete additional work in conformance with the
     Administrative Instructions on change orders.

Prepared by:  Stan Scholl, Director of General Services
              Dave Britton, Acting City Engineer