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Resolution to Authorize the Sole-Source Purchase, Contract and Construction of Approximately 410 Linear Feet of Eight-inch Ductile Iron Water Main from Fonson, Inc. ($57,067.00)
Memorandum
Attached for you review and approval is a resolution to ratify the purchase and construction of 410 linear feet of eight-inch ductile iron water main from Fonson, Inc.
As part of the site plan approval for the Chalmers Place project, the developer agreed to reconstruct Chalmers Road from Washtenaw Avenue northerly approximately 280 feet. During the reconstruction, the developer’s general contractor, Shafer Construction, discovered several water main leaks affecting the quality of the road base. Field Operations staff investigated and determined that the most cost effective course of action was to replace the entire section of water main rather than attempt several repairs and risk future leaking under the new asphalt.
Approximately 410 linear feet of eight-inch water main required replacement in Chalmers Road from Washtenaw Avenue to the north. In order to provide timely completion of the water main construction, thereby minimizing public disruption with the road reconstruction which had already commenced, it was determined that utlizing the onsite contractor was the best course of action. At the City's request Fonson, Inc., provided Public Services with an estimate for the water main work. The pricing was determined to be competive and, by comparison, less than the pricing provided by Fonson, Inc. , when it constructed the Glen Leven Water Main project in 2005 under contract through Project Management. The work water main work in Chalmes Road was performed in October and completed in November.
Final construction invoicing for the project totaled $57,067.00, which included the water main installation, density testing of backfill operations and intersection reconstruction. The intersection reconstruction was not part of the developer's responsbility for reconstr...
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