The long drawn out PLA being considered for the Chabot Dam Seismic Retrofit project just got real interesting. Staff and the Building Trades have come to a stalemate on the PLA proposed by the district over the following three points in EBMUD's proposed PLA:
Staff reviewed the survey of 11 contractors:
3 signatory contractors to four or more trades
5 signatory contractors to three or less trades
3 non-union contractors
7 indicated a disincentive to bid
11 indicated PLAs increase the price
Staff Summary: PLAs adversely impact non-union contractors and limits competition.
30% of EBMUD's contractors are non-union.
The design schedule has been delayed slightly since the May 12, 2015 update. The project is getting to the critical point in the timeline where the PLA negotiations need to be completed by November for bid advertisement in December.
The PLA item is going to be a standing item on the legislative committee agenda until the PLA negotiations are finished.
