SUBJECT: Accept Work for Rehabilitation of Water Storage Tanks - Package 13.
RECOMMENDATION: (SUMMARY) Pass a motion to approve the final Contract Amount of $2,783,311.48 or 4.52% under the original Contract Amount, accept the Work and authorize final payment.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project was part of the City's program to upgrade and rehabilitate groundwater production facilities and would meet the area's water demand to ensure compliance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regulations program.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consisted of the rehabilitation of a 0.75-million-gallon backwash tank and two 13.4-million-gallon ground storage tanks at the Southeast Water Purification Plant (SEWPP). IDS Engineering Group, Inc. designed the project with 281 calendar days allowed for construction. The project was awarded to CFG Industries, LLC with an original Contract Amount of $2,915,050.00.
LOCATION: This Project was located at 3100 Genoa Red Bluff Rd, Houston, TX 77034.
CONTRACT COMPLETION AND COST: The Contractor, CFG Industries, LLC, has completed the work under the subject Contract. The project was completed beyond the established completion date with an additional 310 days approved by Change Order Nos. 2-6. The final cost of the project, including overrun and underrun of estimated unit price quantities and previously approved Change Order Nos. 1-3 is $2,783,311.48, a decrease of $131,738.52 or 4.52% 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 9.88% MBE and 2.73% WBE. The M/WBE goals approved for this project were 10.63% MBE and 3.26% WBE. According to the Office of Business Opportunity, the actual participation achieved on this project was 14.65% MBE and 1.05% WBE. The M/WBE performance on this project was rated Satisfactory due to Good Faith Efforts for the following reasons: The MBE participation goal was achieved, and good faith efforts were made to meet the WBE goal and utilize all goal credit contractors to the fullest extent possible. For the reasons listed, the M/WSBE performance meets the Good Faith Effort requirements mandated by the City's M/WSBE Program.
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Randall V. Macchi, JD
Director, Houston Public Works
WBS No(s). S-000600-0053-4