ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request for the Following:
A. APPROVE the LOW BID of ILLINOIS CIVIL CONTRACTORS, INC., in the Amount of $3,627,117.07, for the COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL PROJECT - YEAR 1.
B. EXECUTE the Notice of Intent to Award, in the Amount of $3,627,117.07, Contingent Upon Award of the IEPA Loan for the COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL PROJECT - YEAR 1.
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BACKGROUND: On December 15, 2020, the City Council approved a Consent Decree with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to remediate Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs). This mandate requires capital investments of approximately $109 million over an eighteen (18) year time frame, beginning in 2022, to remediate CSOs (ref. item 20-303). The Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project - Year 1 is the first of multiple projects to be constructed to remediate CSOs to meet Consent Decree requirements.
Bids for the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project - Year 1 were advertised in the Peoria Journal Star and on the City's website. Bids were opened on February 7, 2022, with two bids received, as follows:
Contractor Total Bid
Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc. $3,627,117.07
Stark Excavating, Inc. $4,347,000.00
Engineer's estimate $3,869,037.00
The EPA State Revolving Fund loan program has different subcontracting and workforce goals than the city. This project selected and included the largest goal. This is why some of the goals on the project look different from the typical city project. The Good Faith Efforts documentation submitted by Illinois Civil Contractors, Inc. were reviewed and approved by Public Works. The Company proposes to utilize 10% MBEs for trucking, QA/QC, and site layout, ...
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