ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request to Approval a SEWER IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT with the Greater Peoria Sanitary District (GPSD) for the Repair of Sewers as a Part of the City of Peoria's Sewer Rehabilitation [for Repair and Modification of the City of Peoria DESIGN AREA 1 SEWERS, POINT REPAIR PROJECT 11 (GPSD Project 2214)], and Concurrence in the Award of the CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT with THE PIPCO COMPANIES, LTD., in the Low Bid Amount of $517,000.00, with Additional Authorization of $51,700.00 (10% for Contingencies) [DISTRICT 2]
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BACKGROUND: On December 18, 1990, the City and the Sanitary District entered into an agreement to improve the City-owned sewers to Sanitary District standards and to cause the City-owned separated sanitary sewers to become the responsibility of the District. On May 15, 2001, the City concurred in the award by the District of engineering services contracts that initiated this comprehensive sanitary sewer rehabilitation project.
To-date, this program has cleaned and televised 1,052,400 linear feet, or 100%, of the city-owned separate and combined sanitary sewers, caused the repair of 565 manholes, administered 24 CIPP sewer lining projects, and caused 1,428 point repairs (sewer repairs by excavation). There are currently 5 contracts ongoing. The total value of the completed and in progress contracts is approximately $49.7 million.
On January 7, 2014, GPSD held a bid opening on the City's behalf for the subject project. The engineer's estimate was $660,000. Five (5) bids were received:
Contractor
Bid Amount
The PIPCO Companies, Ltd.
$517,000.00
Stark Excavating, Inc.
$599,436.00
Walker Excavating Co., Inc.
$616,240.53
J.C. Dillon, Inc.
$630,116.00
Hoerr Construction. Inc.
$759,934.00
The initial review of PIPCO Company's Good Faith Efforts documentation generated some questions about the Subcontractor Utilization Statement. The company was asked to...
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