ORDINANCE awarding contract to ISI CONTRACTING, INC for Concrete and Asphalt Restoration; setting a deadline for the bidder’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the bidder in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for engineering testing services and contingencies relating to the construction of facilities - 2 Years with 1 one-year options - $2,846,543.50 - Enterprise Fund

SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:  This project will provide for restoration of concrete and asphalt sections of roads within city limits (including roads maintained by TX DOT) following the repair of water and wastewater sewer lines performed by city crews.  The pavement repair size includes pavement of both smaller sections of various sizes and panel to panel of a road section.

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE:  Work shall include restoration of concrete and asphalt section of roads within City Limits.  The concrete duration for this project is two-years, with a one-year option to renew, for a total of three years. This is a work order based contract with projects assigned on an as-needed basis.

LOCATION:  The project area is generally bounded by the City Limits.

BIDS:  Three (3) bids were received for this project on 05/01/2014 as follows:

 

Bidder	Bid Amount
1.    ISI Contracting, Inc.	$2,651,543.50
2.    GLM Contracting, Inc.	$2,766,737.75
3.    Grava, LLC	$2,835,374.30

AWARD:  It is recommended that this construction contract be awarded to ISI Contracting, Inc. with a low bid of $2,651,543.50.

PROJECT COST:  The total cost of this project is $2,846,543.50 to be allocated as follows:

 

	FY15	OUT YEARS
Bid Amount	$883,847.83	$1,767,695.67
Contingencies	$40,000.00	$80,000.00
Engineering Testing Services	$25,000.00	$50,000.00
	$948,847.83	$1,897,695.67

QC Laboratories, Inc. will provide Engineering Testing Services under a previously approved contract.

HIRE HOUSTON FIRST:  The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s ‘Hire Houston First’ ordinance that promotes economic opportunity for Houston businesses and supports job creation.  In this case, the proposed contractor does not meet the requirements of Hire Houston First; no Hire Houston First firms were within three percent.

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 benefits for some employees but will pay into the Contractor Responsibility Fund for others, in compliance with the City policy.

M/WDBE PARTICIPATION:  The Contractor has submitted the following proposed MBE/WBE participation plan to satisfy the nine percent (9%) MBE goal and six percent (6%) WBE goal for this project:

 

MBE-Name of Firms	Work Description	Amount	% of Contract
Access Data Supply, Inc.	Concrete, Aggregate, San Equipment	$239,000.00	9.00%
	TOTAL	$239,000.00	9.00%

WBE-Name of Firms	Work Description	Amount	% of Contract
Holes, Inc.	Sawing and Breaking	$101,020.40	3.81%
H & E Aggregate, Inc.	Asphalt and Base Material	$54,886.95	2.07%
Repubilc Traffic Safety, Inc.	Traffic Control Equipment	$24,923.70	0.94%
	TOTAL	$180,831.05	6.82%

 

Jim McCoy

Assistant Director

Phone:  832-395-2467