The Engineering Department opened bids on January 18, 2024 for the Animal Shelter 2023 Renovations Project to replace the cat condos and outdoor kennels, renovate the indoor stray dog kennels and add motorized roll-up gates to create a sally port to safely receive animals into the facility.

The lowest responsive and responsible bid was submitted by Native Consolidated Management LLC, DBA Native Construction, in the amount of $509,844. There were a total of 1,344 notified vendors, with 6 complete bids received and 4 no-bids for the project as shown in the attached bid recap.

Approximately 25% of the outside dog runs are no longer safe for animal containment.  The cat adoption condos have an extensive amount of rust and will soon become unusable.  The current condition of the run doors in the reclaim side exposes impounded animals to disease agents.  The shelter does not have a controlled area for transferring impounded pets into the shelter.  Approving this agenda item will preserve the capacity to shelter adoptable cats and dogs and will address the safety issues. 

Funding for this item is available in the 2023-24 Capital Maintenance Fund and Animal Shelter Donations Fund.  Construction services for the Animal Shelter 2023 Renovations project, in the total amount of $509,844, will leave a combined balance of $364,495 for future expenditures at the facility.

Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government.