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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Ian Wade, Capital Projects Manager
DATE: April 22, 2024
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to increase the Purchase Order for RC Wegman Construction Company, 750 Morton Avenue, Aurora, IL, 60506 by the amount of $153,825.00 for bid package 4 (shelving), which is part of the Public Works Combined Maintenance Facility Project.
PURPOSE:
To obtain approval for an increase to a Purchase Order for RC Wegman Construction in the amount of $153,825.00.
BACKGROUND:
On September 27, 2022, City staff utilized a Qualifications-Based Selection to award RC Wegman Construction Company a contract to provide Construction Manager "as Constructor" (CMc) services for the new Public Works Combined Maintenance Facility via R22-276.
Following the completion of the Structural and Architectural design of the main building, RC Wegman published the first, second, and third bid packages (BP1, BP2, and BP3 respectively). BP1 included structural steel and precast concrete totaling $8,274,777 and was awarded on December 13, 2022. BP2 included fourteen (14) other trade packages totaling $17,714,867 and was awarded on April 11, 2023. BP3 included the remaining seven (7) trade packages totaling $3,617,578 and was awarded on February 13, 2024.
As a bid alternate to BP3, Wegman had requested pricing for racks and shelving, but the lone price received was determined to not accurately reflect the requested scope to be furnished and installed and was subsequently not included with the award of BP3. As a result, it was determined that Wegman would publish an additional, separate bid package (BP4) which would include only the racking and shelving.
DISCUSSION:
Requests for bid for BP4 were published by RC Wegman and two (2) eligible bids were received on March 20, 2024 (see attached bid tabulation). Of the two bids received, KWCC, Inc. of Montgomery, IL was determined to be the lowest responsible bidder in the amount of $146,5...
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