ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to ACCEPT the LOW BID of OTTO BAUM COMPANY, INC. and Award a Construction CONTRACT from the Base Bid of $109,394.01 with an Additional Authorization in Contingency of $10,939.40 (10%), for a Total Award Amount of $120,333.41, for the TETON DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECT. (Council District 4)
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BACKGROUND:
During extreme rainfall events, residents along the former railroad (now Rock Island Greenway recreational trail) from Teton Drive to Giles Lane/Sheridan Road have reported flooding and ponding water behind (upstream of) the trail. Public Works hired an engineer, Farnsworth Group, to perform a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of the problem. They determined that three culverts were undersized and needed to be upgraded. This contract is to upgrade those three culverts. These upgrades will pass flows beneath the trail more quickly and reduce upstream ponding without causing negative impacts upstream or downstream of the project area.
The Teton Drive Neighborhood Culvert Replacement Project was advertised and bids were opened on August 29, 2019 with 4 bidders submitting. In an effort to get a competitive bid, the project had an alternate option to use plastic pipe in lieu of concrete pipe. The bids received are as follows:
Contractor Base Bid
OTTO BAUM CO. INC. $109,394.01
Stark Excavating, Inc. $169,998.00
Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc. $225,383.00
Hoerr Construction $268,017.00
Engineer's Base estimate: $93,737.00
OTTO BAUM CO. INC. is a local business that has successfully performed work for the City in the past.
The Good Faith Efforts documentation submitted by OTTO BAUM were reviewed and approved. The Company will utilize 11% MBE's for trucking and 6.7% WBE's for landscaping and will make a good faith effort to reach the 18% minority utilization and 3% female utilization in hours worked on the...
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