HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 17 - Dooley Street Wastewater Improvement Project MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MARCH 21, 2017
SUBJECT: DOOLEY STREET WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
— BID REJECTION
RECOMMENDATION
City Council consider rejecting the sole bid for the Dooley Street Wastewater
Improvements Project from Atkins Brothers Equipment Company and take any
necessary action.
BACKGROUND:
On February 16, 2017 bids were opened for the Dooley Street Wastewater Improvement
Project to relocate the existing 24" wastewater line off of the Grapevine cemetery
property. Only one bid was received from Atkins Brothers Equipment Company in the
amount of $606,656.00.
The Opinion of Probable Cost from the project engineer, Pacheco Koch Engineers, was
$459,023.50, a difference of $147,632.50 or 32.2% above estimated costs.
Staff has been in contact with the contractor inquiring if they would lower their bid more
in line with the construction estimate. The contractor reviewed their bid prices and
advised Staff that they would not be able to adjust their prices down to a level close to
the Opinion of Probable Cost. Contractors are very busy at this time and were unable to
meet the time requirements of the project.
Staff recommends rejecting the bid from Atkins Brothers Equipment Company.
Staff plans to rebid the project in the coming months with an extended construction time
to attract more bidders.
Staff recommends approval of the rejection.
Stan Laster
From: Scott Dyer
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 4:22 PM
To: Stan Laster
Subject: FW: Dooley Street Sewer
fyi
From:John Robertson
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 3:54 PM
To: Scott Dyer<scottd@grapevinetexas.gov>
Subject: FW: Dooley Street Sewer
FYI
From: Mike Atkins [mailto:
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 2:11 PM
To:John Robertson
Cc:Jennifer Littrell
Subject: Dooley Street Sewer
John
Good afternoon
I apologize for the length of time it has taken
to evaluate the bid and possible cost reductions for the City of Grapevine.I am sorry to inform you that there is just not a lot we can do
with our original bid proposal due to the fact it will take one of our large pipe crews to install only 400 LF of SS pipe which explains our
high LF
price for the SS pipe items.
I feel the gap is so wide between the city's budget
and our bid,that it would probably more cost effective for the City to rebid and hopefully get more bidders on the project.
If you have any questions please feel free to call
me at my office-972-775-7955
Mike Atkins
CEO-ATKINS CONSTRUCTION
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