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Bid Award for a Materials Contract for the Depot Park Stormwater Lift Station (B)
This item requests the City Commission to award a materials contract for the Depot Park Stormwater Lift Station to ABS-USA and Beach Construction Co.
Explanation
The construction of a lift station at the Depot Park lift station was originally contemplated to occur in the context of an inclusive (materials and labor) construction contract. This Project is funded by a legislative grant and SMU funds. Due to recent economic conditions, the governor requested that all grant recipients with unspent funding to submit revised spending plans that would get the funding into the economy more rapidly. In response thereto, Public Works suggested, and the grant funding agency agreed, to advance procurement of most of the materials for the lift station. Delivery of the materials must be completed May 1, 2009 and the grant billing must be completed June 9, 2009.
As a result of the above, invitations to bid for materials only (pumps, piping and generator) were sent out within the last month, with a short response time due the lead time necessary to fabricate some of the materials.
On December 4, 2008, the City Purchasing Division received three bids for the materials for the Depot Park stormwater lift station. Each of the three firms submitting a bid did so with exceptions. Two firms (ABS USA and Nugent) submitted bids for the pumps only. The third bidder (Beach) submitted a bid for the piping and generator only. Together, ABS USA and Beach Construction Company submitted the lowest bids for the pumps and piping/generator respectively, and in combination will supply almost all of the materials needed to be purchased for the lift station.
Fiscal Note
The funds are available through the legislative grant ($350,000) and the balance from Stormwater Management Utility Fund (SMUF) in a multi-year account.
Recommendation
The City Commission: 1) authorize...
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