File #: 13-604    Name: Couch Drive Water Line Construction Contract
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 6/18/2013 Final action: 6/18/2013
Title: Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Moss Brothers for the Construction of the Couch Drive 12-inch Water Line Loop Project and Authorizing Any Change Orders
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item Summary, 2. Resolution, 3. Contractor Recommendation Letter, 4. Location Map
Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Moss Brothers for the Construction of the Couch Drive 12-inch Water Line Loop Project and Authorizing Any Change Orders

Summary

MEETING DATE: June 18, 2013

DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Engineering

CONTACT: Paul Tucker, PE, Senior Utility Engineer
Danny Still, PE, CIP Engineer


RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.

ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with Moss Brothers for the construction of the Couch Drive 12-inch Water Line Loop Project, for an amount not to exceed $298,000.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* This project, designed by Grantham and Associates, Inc., provides a 12-inch water line that will complete a looped water system needed to provide the capacity necessary to meet fire flow requirements for the existing and future facilities in the industrial park.
* The 12-inch water line will be constructed along the southern line of the industrial park, connecting the existing 12-inch main at the southern end of Couch Drive to the existing 12-inch main located on FM 546.
* On June 6, 2013, 11 bids were received for this project. The following is a summary of the bids:

Bid No.
Bidder
Bid Amount|1313|Moss Brothers
$ 258,756.10|1313|Dickerson Construction Co., Inc.
$ 280,940.00|1313|Camino Construction, LP
$ 308,259.35|1313|Saber Development
$ 327,695.00|1313|North Texas Contracting, Inc.
$ 328,455.00|1313|Canary Construction
$ 358,846.00|1313|Dowager Utility Construction, LTD
$ 359,174.00|1313|Jeske Construction Company
$ 384,799.10|13 13|P.C. Contractors, LLC
$ 385,269.30|13
13|Venus Construction, Inc.
$ 401,066.56|13 13|Atkins Brothers
$ 1,092,995.00

* Moss Brothers of Allen, Texas, submitted the lowest bid in the amount of $258,756.10.
* References for Moss Brothers were verified in accordance with the contract documents and bid specificat...

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