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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 8/27/2024
District E, District I
Item Creation Date: 5/7/2024

HPW – 20FAC2445-A Addtn’l Approp / Boyer, Inc.

Agenda Item#: 2.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE appropriating $2,247,631.32 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to the contract between the City of Houston and BOYER, INC for Change Order No. 4 for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement - East Ten Park, Maxey Road, Mesa Drive, Westmont, & North Shore (as approved by Ordinance No. 2022-0423); providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery and testing services relating to construction of facilities financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICTS E - FLICKINGER and I - MARTINEZ

Background:

SUBJECT: Adopt an Ordinance approving an Additional Appropriation for Change Order No. 4 for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement – East Ten Park, Maxey Road, Mesa Drive, Westmont, North Shore.

 

RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Adopt an Ordinance approving an Additional Appropriation of $2,247,631.32 for Lift Station Renewal and Replacement – East Ten Park, Maxey Road, Mesa Drive, Westmont, North Shore.

 

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the Lift Station Renewal and Replacement Improvements program and is required to replace/upgrade lift station facilities.

 

The work to be performed under this contract award is necessary to maintain compliance with Houston wastewater consent decree with EPA and TCEQ.

 

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: The project included the rehabilitation and equipment replacement of four (4) lift stations: Maxey Road, Mesa Drive, Westmont, and North Shore, and the construction of a new lift station at East Ten Park. The Project was awarded to Boyer, Inc. with an original Contract Amount of $19,739,040.00.

 

LOCATION:

PROJECT NAME

LOCATION

COUNCIL DISTRICT

East Ten Park Lift Station

275 Gellhorn Drive

I

Maxey Road Lift Station

909 Maxey Road

I

Mesa Drive Lift Station

3875 ½ Mesa Drive

I

Westmont Lift Station

734 Westmont Drive

E

North Shore Lift Station

13093 ½ North Shore #2 Drive

E

 

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION:  An approval is requested for an additional appropriation of $2,069,172,69 in excess of the original contract value and an extension of 26 days of contract time for additional work described in Change Order No. 4; a Force Main conflict with a Sanitary Sewer Line on Westmont Drive, relocation of the control panel at Westmont Lift Station, replacing the piping between the Wet Well and Valve Vault, seal leaks in the Wet Well bottom, providing spool pieces to account for the height difference at Mesa Lift Station, installing conduits, demolishing the concrete base of the existing Lift Station conflicting with the pier foundations, removing existing hatches, installing new hatches and additional paving, micro tunneling of 36-in Sanitary Sewer, Meraki MG21 procurement and the chain link fence. This scope of work is necessary to complete the execution of this project due to the inspection results.

 

The requested appropriation will cover the additional work identified. 

 

 

The total cost of this additional appropriation is $2,247,631.32 to be appropriated as follows:

 

· Contract Services

$2,069,172.69

· CIP Cost Recovery

$   103,458.63

· Testing Services

$     75,000.00

 

 

Testing Services are being provided by Alpha Testing, Inc. 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, Boyer, Inc., 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 and has elected to pay into the Contractor Responsibility Fund in compliance with City policy.

 

 M/WBE PARTICIPATION: The M/WBE goal established for this project is 11.00% MBE goal and 7% WBE goal. The original Contract amount totals $19,739,040.00. The Contractor has been paid $16,841,194.00 (85.32%) to date. Of this amount, $3,557,140.00 (21.12%) has been paid to M/WBE sub-contractors to date. Assuming approval of the requested additional appropriation, the contract amount will increase to $21,808,212.69. The MWBE goal has been previously met.

 

 

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

 

 

 

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Randall V. Macchi, Chief Operating Officer

Houston Public Works         

 

WBS No. R-000267-0122-4

Prior Council Action:

Ordinance No. 2022-0423, dated 06-01-2022

Amount and Source of Funding:

$2,247,631.32 - Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction

 

Original (previous) appropriation of $21,862,944.00 from Fund No. 8500 - Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund.

Contact Information:

Name

Service Line

Contact No.

Roberto Medina, Interim Chief of Staff

DO-HPW Government Relations

832.395.2456

Maria Perez, HPW Agenda Coordinator

DO-HPW Government Relations

832.395.2282

Markos Mengesha, Assistant Director

FAC- HPW Capital Projects

832.395.2365


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