CC RESOLUTION 5571RESOLUTION NO. 5571
A RESOLUTION REJECTING ALL BIDS RECEIVED FOR
THE 27-INCH WATER MAIN REPAIR PROJECT, PROJECT
NO. PW 25-09.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows. -
A. On March 1, 2022, City Water Division staff was informed of a slow leak in
the 27-inch-diameter water main located under Los Angeles Metro
Property just north of Chapman Way;
B. On May 20, 2025, City Council adopted plans and specifications for a
scope of work that included repairing the leak using a trench -less pipe -
lining method rather than an open -trench repair method;
C. During the bidding phase, significant physical project challenges were
encountered, including accessibility to work that would impact private
properties, active railroad operations, and construction issues related to
pipe accessibility;
D. On September 17, 2025, the City Clerk received and opened one bid from
Ramona, Inc. The received bid is significantly higher than the original
$380,000 project estimate due to the project challenges;
E. The Water Division has been monitoring the original area for any increase
in the amount of water leakage; the Division has noted the leak subsided
after the railroad construction work ended, and no significant change has
been noticed over the few years since then;
F. Pursuant to California Public Contracts Code § 22038 and El Segundo
Municipal Code § 1-7-9C, the City retains the discretion to reject all bids
on a given project; and
G. For the foregoing reasons, staff recommends, and the City Council desires
to exercise its discretion and reject the sole bid submitted for the project.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby rejects all bids received and opened for the
previously approved 27-inch Water Main Repair Project.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 4: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of November, 2025.
Chris Pimentel, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan r ax, City Cle k
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. ensley, City Attern -°
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Susan Truax, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5571 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 4t" day of November, 2025, approved and signed by the
Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Pimentel, Mayor Pro Tern Baldino, Council Member Boyles,
Council Member Giroux and Council Member KeldorF
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 4t" day of November,
2025.
Susan 'City Clerk
f EI of the City Segundo,
California
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