R96-118 ACCEPTING THE BID AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

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. � Au ust 28 1996 III g � PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM NO. 96-52 MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: William B. Sands, Interim City Manager Bruce A. McNabb, Director of Public Works�V Stephen P. 5wanson, City Engineer� SUBJECT: Rehabilitation of the Lower Broadway Sewer City Project 9519 The Lower Broadway Sewer Rehabilitation project was advertised for bids following the August presentation to the City Council. At that meeting the City's consultant, Bainbridge, Gee, Milanski & Associates, Inc. (BGM), discussed their recommendations for the rehabilitation of this sewer. In addition, the Council was informed that the estimated cost of the project exceeded the City's current budget for this project of $742,000. For this reason, it was decided that the project would be advertised for bids such that the base bid would be for reconstructing 60 percent of the sewer at this time and bidders would also be directed to submit a bid for completing the entire project at this time. After the receipt of the bids on the alternatives, the City could then make its final determination as to how to proceed with this project. BGM prepared the plans, specifications and bid proposal forms for the two bid alternatives. Alternative A was for the rehabilitation of the entire sewer from near the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Prairie Avenue south to a major diversion structure just south and west of the intersection of Decatur Street and Franklin Street. The length of Alternative A is about 2,600 feet. Alternative B was for the rehabilitation of approximately 70 percent of the sewer. This segment begins at Wood Street and extends south to the major diversion structure just south and west of the intersection of Decatur Street and Franklin Street. The length of Alternative B is about 1,800 feet. (It was determined by BGM in the final design process that although about 60 percent of the line is in need of immediate repair the logical breakpoint in the project would be at the Wood Street structure. Previous correspondence and comments had generally referred to a 60/40 split.)