SUBJECT: Accept Work for Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation and Renewal (Force Main).
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Pass a motion to approve the final contract amount of $898,979.75, which is 1.96% over the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount, accept the work, and authorize final payment.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: Under this project, the contractor provided wastewater collection system rehabilitation and renewal to deteriorated sewer collection systems throughout the City.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consisted of sanitary sewer rehabilitation by point repair method. The project was awarded to Nerie Construction, LLC with an original contract amount of $881,663.98. The Notice to Proceed date was 12/01/2016 and the project had 730 calendar days for completion.
LOCATION: This work order project was located at various locations within Council Districts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The contractor, Nerie Construction, LLC, has completed the work under the contract. The contract was completed within the contract time. The final cost of the project is $898,979.75, an increase of $17,315.77 or 1.96% over the original contract amount. More sanitary sewer force main point repairs and extra excavation by machine removing cement stabilized sand/concrete encased services were needed than anticipated.
The final amount of this work order contract was not affected by Change Orders No. 1 and No. 2.
MWDBE PARTICIPATION: The MWDBE goal for this project was 21.66%. According to the Office of Business Opportunity, the actual participation was 18.13%. The contractor was awarded an “Satisfactory” rating from the Office of Business Opportunity.
Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E.
Director
Houston Public Works
WBS# R-000035-0017-4
File No. 4235-79