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Resolution to Award Contracts for Storm Water and Sanitary Sewer Construction Services to Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. ($250,000.00) and to E.T. MacKenzie Company ($250,000.00)
Memorandum
This memorandum requests approval of a resolution to award contracts for storm water and sanitary sewer construction services to Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. (not to exceed $250,000.00) and to E.T. MacKenzie Company (not to exceed $250,000.00), both.
In June 2009, the City issued a request for qualifications (RFP) for providing construction services to support the Field Operations Services Unit in the areas of Storm Water and Sanitary Sewer repairs. The RFP indicated that two companies would be awarded for up to $250,000.00 each for construction services. The City received proposals from eight companies. Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. and E.T. MacKenzie Company were selected as the two most qualified companies to perform this work. At the discretion of the Field Operations Services Unit, tasks will be assigned to one of the two companies depending on qualifications, availability, approach, and cost. As part of their proposals, each company has provided to the City a price list for labor and equipment that the City will use for costing project work. These unit prices are part of each contractor’s contract with the City for services. The contracts are structured with not-to-exceed limits of $250,000.00 each, with no minimum required expenditures.
The Field Operations Services Unit has a backlog of infrastructure rehabilitation projects that require attention. These projects, because of their size, tend to fall below the minimum project cost for inclusion in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan. The nature of these improvements causes them to be funded, typically, out of the Field Operations Operation and Maintenance Budgets. The City’s engineering staff will use these contracts to address this backlog of small rehabilitation and repair projects. These contracts will also be ...
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