ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE the Low BID of ILLINOIS CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC., and APPROVE a Construction CONTRACT, in an Amount Not to Exceed $80,000.00, from the Base Bid of $44,581.55, for the CONCRETE REPAIRS CONTRACT - 2021. (All Council Districts)
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BACKGROUND: Public Works proposes a concrete repair contract similar to the annual storm sewer repair contract. A similar contract was used in 2014 (14-325) and 2016 (16-216). This contract would eliminate the delays experienced waiting for the design, bidding, letting and Council approval of individual contracts for each project.
Repairs include improvements to pedestrian facilities, traffic-calming projects and other concrete repairs. The repairs will be designed "in the field" and paid based on the time and materials bid. This is an opportunity for the Public Works Engineering Division to limit design costs and be more responsive to the needs of our community.
A map is attached to this communication outlining several known sites. Several sites were selected based on pedestrian safety concerns.
Public Works prepared the contract specifications, and bids were received on August 26, 2021 with three bids received, as follows:
Contractor Total Bid
Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc. $44,581.55
Horowitz Concrete $46,624.50
C&G Concrete $59,680.00
Engineer's base estimate: $47,000.00
The base bid represented quantities we would expect to see on three small projects and covers typical pay items we expect to see throughout the contract. Since the time of our advertisement for this project, several other request have come in to Public Works. In order to address those requests, staff recommends increasing this project to $80,000.00.
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