SUBJECT: Contract Award for Sanitary Sewer Preventive Maintenance Cleaning and Television Inspection.
RECOMMENDATION: (Summary) Accept selected proposal, award construction contract, and allocate funds.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: This project will provide for sanitary sewer preventive maintenance cleaning and television inspection of sanitary sewers throughout the City. The project involves sanitary sewer preventive maintenance cleaning and television inspection. The purpose is to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, which is accomplished by cleaning sewer lines.
The work to be performed under this contract award is necessary to maintain compliance with Houston's proposed wastewater consent decree with EPA and TCEQ.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consists of sewer preventive maintenance cleaning and television inspection. The contract duration for this project is 730 calendar days.
LOCATION: The project area is generally bounded by the City Limits.
PROPOSALS: The Request for Proposal was advertised in accordance with the requirements of the State of Texas procurement laws. Five (5) proposals were received on May 16, 2019. The criteria for evaluation of Proposals and selection of Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc. for this award was based on the following:
· Total Proposal Price
· Experience
· Crew Availability
· References
· Years in Business
· Safety
· Claims History
· Hire Houston First - Bonus Points
The Five (5) price proposals are as follows:
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Proposer
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Proposal Amount
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1.
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American Allwaste LLC dba Sewer and Storm Maintenance
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$5,276,018.70
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2.
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Diversified Infrastructure Services, Inc.
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$5,550,546.00
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3.
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Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc.
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$6,374,127.90
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4.
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CSI Consolidated, LLC dba Aims Companies
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$7,126,332.70
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5.
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Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC
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$11,041,092.00
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AWARD: It is recommended that this construction contract be awarded to Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc., with a proposal price of $6,374,127.90.
PROJECT COST: The total cost of this project is $6,692,834.00 to be allocated as follows:
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FY-20
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FY-21
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FY-22
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Total
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Proposal Price
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$1,161,117.00
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$4,245,127.00
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$967,883.90
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$6,374,127.90
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Contingencies
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$58,063.00
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$212,256.00
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$48,387.10
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$318,706.10
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Total
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$1,219,180.00
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$4,457,383.00
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$1,016,271.00
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$6,692,834.00
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HIRE HOUSTON FIRST: The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s ‘Hire Houston First’ (HHF) ordinance that promotes economic opportunity for Houston businesses and supports job creation. In this case, the proposed contractor is a designated HHF company, but they were the successful awardee without application of the HHF preference.
PAY OR PLAY PROGRAM: The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s Pay or Play ordinance regarding health benefits for employees of City contractors. In this case, the contractor provides health benefits to eligible employees in compliance with City policy.
M/WSBE PARTICIPATION: The contractor has submitted the following proposed program to satisfy the 17.00% MBE goal, and 7.00% WBE goal for this project.
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MBE – Name of Firm
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Work Description
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Amount
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% of Contract
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Magna-Flow International Inc. DBA Magna-Flow Environmental
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Cleaning and Televising
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$1,083,601.74
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17.00%
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MBE TOTAL
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$1,083,601.74
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17.00%
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WBE – Name of Firm
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Work Description
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Amount
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% of Contract
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Wastewater Inspections, Inc.
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TV Sewer Inspection Data Processing
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$191,223.84
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3.00%
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WBE TOTAL
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$191,223.84
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3.00%
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SBE – Name of Firm
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Work Description
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Amount
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% of Contract
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Chief Solutions, Inc.
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Cleaning and Television Inspection
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$254,965.12
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4.00%
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SBE TOTAL
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$254,965.12
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4.00%
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FISCAL NOTE: Funding for this item is included in the FY20 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policies.
All known rights-of-way and easements required for this project have been acquired.
Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E.
Director
Houston Public Works
WBS# R-MA1000-0010-4
File No. WW5200-02