TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Award of Contract for the 2024 On-Call Excavation and Underground Utility Repair Program in the amount of $400,000.00
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BACKGROUND:
The Department of Public Utilities has developed on-call excavation and underground utility program. The work covered by this program consists of contractors providing excavation and underground repair services for the City of Joliet sewer and water system on an as needed basis, for emergency response, and planned work that is beyond the capabilities of City of Joliet in-house resources.
An advertisement for bids for the 2024 On-Call Excavation and Underground Utility Repair Program was published in the Labor Record on Thursday, March 14, 2024. The Public Service Committee will review this matter.
CONCLUSION:
On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., four (4) sealed bids were received in the Office of the City Clerk for the 2024 On-Call Excavation and Underground Utility Repair Program. The bid summary is as follows:
CONTRACTOR BID AMOUNT
Austin Tyler Construction Inc., Elwood, IL $290,067.51
PT Ferro Construction Co., Joliet, IL $350,260.00
Construction by Camco Inc., Joliet, IL $314,511.89
Airy’s Inc., Joliet, IL $358,817.76
Engineer’s Estimate $332,940.00
This contract is for on call services and is based on an estimated number of excavation and underground repair work to be completed. This contract will be awarded to the three contractors that provided the lowest unit prices to allow for flexibility in completing the work based on Contractor availability. Work will be offered to the low bidder. Should they not be able to complete the work within the timeframe specified in the contract documents, the second contractor will be asked to do the work at their unit prices. Finally, should the second contractor not be able to complete the work, the contractor with the third lowest unit prices will be asked to complete the work at their unit prices. Based on this, the contract will be awarded to Austin Tyler Construction Inc., PT Ferro Construction Co., and Construction by Camco Inc. at the unit prices provided in their bids for a not to exceed amount of $400,000.00.
Sufficient funds are available for this project in the Water & Sewer Operations Fund / Water / Contracted Services (Org 50080012, Object 524200, $200,000.00) and in the Water & Sewer Operations Fund / Sewer / Contracted Services (Org 50080020, Object 524200, $200,000.00).
RECOMMENDATION:
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Based on the above, it is recommended that the Mayor and City Council award the Contract for the 2024 On-Call Excavation and Underground Utility Repair Program, in the amount of $400,000.00, on behalf of Austin Tyler Construction Inc., PT Ferro Construction Co., and Construction by Camco Inc. to be paid to the contractors based on the unit prices provided in their bids.
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