SUBJECT: Accept Work for Sanitary Sewer Preventive Maintenance Cleaning and Television Inspection.
RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Pass a motion to approve the final contract amount of $6,191,001.73 or 2.87% under the original contract amount, accept the Work and authorize final payment.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project provided sanitary sewer preventive maintenance cleaning and television inspection of sanitary sewers throughout the City. The purpose was to reduce sanitary sewer overflows, which was accomplished by cleaning sewer lines.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consisted of sewer preventive maintenance cleaning and television inspection. The project was awarded to Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc. with 730 calendar days allowed for construction and an original contract amount of $6,374,127.90.
LOCATION: The projects are located throughout the City of Houston.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The contractor, Specialized Maintenance Services, Inc., has completed the work under the subject contract. The project was completed beyond the established completion date with an additional 152 days approved by Change Order No 3. The final cost of the project, including overrun and underrun of estimated unit price quantities is $6,191,001.73, a decrease of $183,126.17 or 2.87% under the original contract amount and under the 5% contingency amount. The decreased cost is a result of the difference between planned and measured quantities.
M/WSBE PARTICIPATION: The advertised M/WBE contract goals for this project were 17.00% MBE and 7.00% WBE. The M/W/SBE goals approved for this project were 17.00% MBE, 3.00% WBE and 4.00% SBE. According to the Office of Business Opportunity, the actual participation achieved on this project was 1.45% MBE, 6.44% WBE and 7.15% SBE. The M/W/SBE performance on this project was rated Satisfactory due to Good Faith Efforts for the following reasons: the WBE and SBE goals were exceeded while good faith efforts were made to achieve the MBE goal and utilize goal credit subcontractors where possible. For the reasons listed, the MWSBE performance meets the good faith efforts requirements mandated by the City's MWSBE Program.
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Randall V. Macchi, Chief Operating Officer
Houston Public Works
WBS No. R-MA1000-0010-4
File No. WW5200-02