Pursuant to Education Code section 17406, school districts must award lease-leaseback contracts based on a competitive solicitation process, to the proposer providing the best value to the district. On June 13, 2023, the Board of Trustees approved Resolution No. 2022-2023.61 which adopted the procedures for evaluating qualifications of lease leaseback contractors to create a pool of qualified contractors for upcoming District Measure B projects. As part of that process, on March 17, 2023, the District issued RFQ #23-01 Request for Qualifications for Construction Services (Lease-Leaseback) for District Projects (“RFQ”).  The District’s intent was to create a pool of qualified contractors from which proposals on Measure B bond projects would be solicited. 

District staff advertised and issued the RFQ, which identified all criteria that the District would consider in evaluating the proposals and qualifications of the proposers. A total of thirteen firms submitted a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ).  Their submissions were scored and based on the results of the District’s Best Value Selection Process seven of the firms qualified to be placed in the pool of qualified contractors. 

On September 13, 2023, the District issued a Request for Proposals to the pool of qualified contractors for the Alameda High School - Kofman Auditorium Stage Upgrades Project. On October 6, 2023, one of the qualified contractors submitted a proposal for the Alameda High School - Kofman Auditorium Stage Upgrades Project. Staff recommends awarding the Project to Lathrop Construction Associates, Inc. 

Because the Alameda High School - Kofman Auditorium Stage Upgrades Project is in the preconstruction phase, the price criteria component of the award of this project is based upon the proposing contractor’s cost of performing services. When the preconstruction work has reached the point where a Guaranteed Project Cost (“GPC”) is negotiated, the final agreement for the Project will be approved by the Board. In the event agreement on a GPC cannot be reached, then, as required by the Education Code, the District will then enter negotiations to perform the construction of that project with the second highest ranked contractor.

The lease-leaseback contract will come back to the Board for ratification at a future meeting.