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Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to Strawser Construction, Inc. (ITB-4530, $1,585,143.25) for the FY2019 Street Surface Treatment Project
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 $1,585,143.25 for the FY2019 Street Surface Treatment Project, which consists of the application of surface treatments on various major and "local" City streets.
Scope and Schedule
The FY2019 Street Surface Treatments Project includes micro-surfacing and cape sealing pavement preservation applications on approximately two (2) major streets and twenty-nine (29) local streets citywide. Attached, is a list of streets and a map showing the proposed work locations. The schedule anticipates for construction to begin in early August 2018 and be complete by June 30, 2019. The Contractor will provide an exact schedule for each street, as required, to coordinate with planned City and other area construction projects, events such as U of M home football games, 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 with the bidding documents being available to interested contractors. Staff received and opened 2 bids on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Attached is a copy of the results. The lowest responsible ...
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