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Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to CI Contracting, Inc. (Bid No. 3957, $574,383.00) for the Swift Run Parallel Relief Sewer Project
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to award a construction contract to CI Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $574,383.00 for the Swift Run Parallel Relief Sewer Project.
The project consists of constructing a 27” diameter parallel relief sewer to the Swift Run Sanitary Trunk Sewer to provide capacity for peak and predicted future flows. During wet weather, overflows have occurred in the trunkline. In 1981, additional capacity was added with the construction of a sewer in parallel to the existing line from Salem Court to Clark Road. This alleviated basement flooding upstream. However, downstream of the improvement, overflows still occur, specifically at a manhole south of Clark Road. Much of the trunkline runs along Shetland Drive, just north of Clark Road.
On September 4, 2003, the City entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to address sanitary sewer overflows within the City. As part of the ACO compliance program, the City is obligated to begin the construction of the sewer by December 31, 2008.
This project is in the current Capital Improvements Plan (UT-SN-08-19) and will provide capacity for existing and future wet weather flows.
Plans and specifications were made available through BidNet. Six bids were received and opened on June 27, 2008. The lowest responsible bid, in the amount of $574,383.00 is $98,067.00 lower than the engineer's estimate of $672,450.00. A tabulation of the bids is attached.
CI Contracting, Inc. received Human Rights approval on July 2, 2008. All employees of CI Contracting, Inc. assigned to work on the project will receive compensation in accordance with the Living Wage Ordinance.
The project will be funded from the previously approved project budget in which suffic...
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