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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 8/23/2022
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Item Creation Date: 6/14/2022

HPW-20PMO65 / Contract Award / Total Contracting Limited

Agenda Item#: 32.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE appropriating $11,250,000.00 out of Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund - Ad Valorem Tax, awarding contract to TOTAL CONTRACTING LIMITED for FY2022 Roadway Rehabilitation #1; 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 CIP Cost Recovery relating to construction of facilities financed by the Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax, contingency, and testing services

Background:

SUBJECT:  Contract Award for FY22 Roadway Rehabilitation #1.

 

RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Reject first low bidder, return bid bonds, award construction contract to Total Construction Limited for Citywide FY2022 Roadway Rehabilitation #1 and appropriate funds.

 

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION:  This project is part of the Roadway Rehabilitation Program and will provide construction services to include but not limited to the construction repair, rehabilitation, removal, disposal, and/or replacement of roadway pavement and other pavement related improvements.

 

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE:  The Citywide project provides roadway rehabilitation at various locations. This is a work order contract; projects will be assigned as they are designed in-house. The Contract duration for this project is 365 calendar days.

 

LOCATION:  The projects are located throughout the City of Houston.

BIDS:  The project was advertised for bidding on March 4, 2022, and March 11, 2022. Bids were received on March 24, 2022.The five (5) bids are as follows:

 

Bidder

Adjustment Factor

1.

CTI Houston

0.875 (Non-Responsive)

2.

Total Contracting Limited

0.929

3.

Grava LLC

0.945

4.

Main Lane Industries, Ltd

1.151

5.

Tikon Group, Inc.

1.440

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWARD:  The first bidder, CTI Houston was considered non-responsive as per the City of Houston Code of Ordinance, Section 15.85 due to not submitting an acceptable MWBE plan. Therefore, it is recommended that this construction contract be awarded to Total Contracting Limited, with the second lowest bid of $10,000,000.00 (0.929 Adjustment Factor).

 

PROJECT COST:   The total cost of this project is $11,250,000.00 to be appropriated as follows:

 

Bid Amount

$10,000,000.00

Contingencies

$500,000.00

Testing Services

$250,000.00

CIP Cost Recovery

$500,000.00

 


Testing Services will be provided by HTS, Inc. Consultants, under a previously approved contract.

 

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, Total Contracting Limited, 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 13% MBE goal and 7% WBE goal for this project.

 

 

MBE - Name of Firms

Work Description

Amount

% of Contract

1.

 

2.

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JC Garcia Trucking

 

Match & Mix Construction, LLC

 

Professional Traffic Control LLC

 

 

 

 

 

WBE – Name of Firms

H & E Aggregate, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dump Trucking

 

Concrete Work

 

 

Traffic Control, Flagmen

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

Work Description

Stabilized Sand Supply

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

CONTRACT TOTAL

 

 

 

$185,800.00

 

$464,500.00

 

 

$557,400.00

 

 

 

$1,207,700.00

 

 

Amount

$650,300.00

 

 

$650,300.00

 

 

$1,858,000.00

2.00%

 

5.00%

 

 

6.00%

 

 

 

13.00%

 

 

% of Contract

7.00%

 

 

7.00%

 

 

20.00%

FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating Impact is anticipated as a result of this project.

 

All known right-of-way, easements and/or right-of-entry required for the project have been acquired.

 

 

 

 

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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director

Houston Public Works

 

WBS No. N-321040-0060-4

Amount and Source of Funding:
$11,250,000.00 - Fund No. 4046 Dedicated Drainage and Street Renewal Capital Fund – Ad Valorem Tax
Contact Information:

Michael T. Wahl, P.E., PTOE

Assistant Director, Transportation and Drainage Operations

Phone: (832) 395-2443

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