Title
Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to Strawser Construction, Inc. (ITB-4630, $2,367,983.83) and to Appropriate $3,642,400.00 for the FY2021 Street Preventative Maintenance Project (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration for approval, please find a resolution to authorize the award of a construction contract to Strawser Construction, Inc. for $2,367,983.83 for the FY2021 Street Preventative Maintenance Project, which consists of crack sealing and surface treatment applications on various major and minor/local City streets.
Scope and Schedule
The FY2021 Street Preventative Maintenance Project includes the application of cape sealing pavement preservation treatment on approximately eight (8) major streets and twenty-six (26) minor/local streets citywide. In addition, it includes citywide crack sealing of approximately 24 miles of major streets and 18 miles of minor/local streets. Attached, are a list of streets and maps showing the proposed work locations. The schedule anticipates construction beginning in early July 2020 and being complete by June 30, 2021. The Contractor will provide an exact schedule for each street, as required, to coordinate with planned City and other area construction projects, community events, in-session school days, and applicable holiday periods.
The proposed contract is a unit price contract, based on the fact that actual construction quantities will vary. This arrangement allows for removal, addition and substitution of streets as appropriate. Depletion of available funds prior to the completion of all the streets on the list will result in termination the construction contract and deferral of the balance of the streets to a future surface treatments project. Conversely, the City may add additional streets if the available budget allows.
Bidding
The City advertised the proposed work for bid on its procurement webpage and on the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network (MITN) website w...
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