SUBJECT: Accept Work Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP): Plant Security, Truck Scale and Miscellaneous Improvements; WBS No. S-000066-0008-4.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Pass a motion to approve the final Contract Amount of $5,896,165.23 or 2.10% under the original Contract amount, accept the Work and authorize final payment.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project was part of the City’s rehabilitation and upgrade of the Surface Water Treatment Facilities Program, and was required to improve operability, maintainability, reliability and to assist the City in meeting existing and proposed requirements of the Surface Water Treatment Rules and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regulations, and to meet immediate and future water demands.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: The project consisted of providing construction services associated with the plant entrance security, truck scale, access road and additional parking improvements. Kalluri Group, Inc. designed the project with 360 calendar days allowed for construction. The project was awarded to Industrial TX Corp. with an original Contract Amount of $6,022,884.00.
LOCATION: The project site is located at 12121 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Kep Map Grid 337W.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The Contractor, Industrial TX Corp. has completed the work under the subject Contract. The project was completed on time with additional 20 days approved by Change Order No. 1. The final cost of the project, including overrun and underrun of estimated unit price quantities and previously approved Change Order No. 1 is $5,896,165.23, a decrease of $126,718.77 or 2.10% under the original Contract Amount.
The decreased cost is a result of the difference between planned and measured quantities. This decrease is primarily the result of an underrun in various Base Unit Price Items and Extra Unit Price Items, which was not necessary to complete the project.
M/WBE PARTICIPATION: The M/WBE goal established for this project was 20%. According to Office of Business Opportunity, the participation was 36.75%. Contractor’s M/WBE performance evaluation was rated Satisfactory.