Recommend approval to award a construction contract for the modernization of the Bryan Street elevator to Johnson-Laux Construction, LLC in the amount of $397,188.06. The elevators in the Bryan Street Garage are experiencing numerous service outages, causing the elevators to be inoperable for long periods of time. This project will modernize the elevator system to prevent these outages in the future. The heating and air conditioning systems for each elevator will also be replaced.

This project was originally released as a competitive bidding opportunity; however, the only bid received came in over the budget for this project. Therefore, the State of Georgia’s job order contractor, Johnson-Laux Construction, was asked to provide a quote for this project. This is a sole source because it is the City’s intention to move quickly to expedite this process in order to have fully and reliably functioning elevators in the Bryan Street Garage as soon as possible. As a result, the State of Georgia’s job order contractor will be used to perform this project to meet time constraints and City ordinance requirements.

The State of Georgia’s job order contract is considered a convenience contract that is available for use by all State, City, and County public entities. The purpose of this contract is to provide multi-traded general construction services to accomplish small to medium sized projects for repair, alteration, modernization, rehabilitation, and minor new construction to infrastructure, buildings, structures, or other real property. The State of Georgia used a competitive bidding procedure to select Johnson-Laux Construction to serve as the sole provider of these services for this region.

Approval