ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request for the Following:
A. ACCEPT the LOW BID of ILLINOIS CIVIL CONTRACTORS INC., and Award a Construction CONTRACT, in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $200,000.00, from the Base Bid of $33,262.40 for the CONCRETE REPAIRS VERTICAL CONTRACT- 2017 PROJECT. (Council Districts ALL)
B. ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the CITY OF PEORIA 2017 AMENDED ANNUAL BUDGET Relating to the Eagleview TIF Fund Balance Relating to Vertical Concrete Repairs in the EAGLEVIEW TIF, in the Amount of $60,000.00.
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BACKGROUND: Public Works proposes to use a concrete repair contract for vertical concrete similar to the annual storm sewer repair contract and the concrete repair contract. This contract would eliminate the delays experienced waiting for the design, bidding, letting and Council approval of individual contracts for each project. 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 improve efficiency and be more responsive.
This contract will be used to construct walls, retaining walls and other vertical concrete repairs on public properties, as needed.
Public Works staff prepared the contract specifications. The bids were received on July 12, 2017 with four bidders submitting, as follows:
Contractor
Base Bid Amount
Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc
$33,262.40
Stark Excavating, Inc
$41,420.91
Horowitz Concrete Co.
$266,598.00*
Aupperle
$55,624.00
*There was a math error in the Horowitz bid. They put in the total price in the unit price column and the total column.
The base bid represented quantities we would expect to see on a single small project and covers typical pay items we expect to see throughout the contract. The base bid is how we select the contractors, but the project budget is $200,000.
Illinois Civil Contractors, is a local business that has successfully pe...
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