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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Kurt Muth P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: April 8, 2019
SUBJECT:
A resolution to award the 2019 Sanitary Sewer Spot Repair project to Superior Excavating, Co., 424 San Carlos Road, Minooka, IL 60447 located in Wards 3, 6, & 7.
PURPOSE:
To execute a contract with Superior Excavating, Co. to complete 5 repairs to the sanitary sewer system.
BACKGROUND:
The public works division routinely hires a contractor to perform inspections of the City's sanitary and combined sewer systems in areas where there are suspected performance issues and ahead of the City's annual street resurfacing program. This typically involves visual inspection of manholes and televising of the sewer mains. At this time, there is a backlog of spot repairs to be completed from the last year of inspections. This contract will address a portion of the repairs discovered that require open excavation and replacement of the faulty section of sewer main or sanitary manholes. The Water & Sewer Maintenance Division will also perform some of the identified repairs. The repairs included in this contract are generally over 12' in depth or 20' in length which are safety limits based on the size and capacity of the equipment operated by the Water & Sewer Maintenance Division. A map showing the location of the 5 proposed repairs is attached as Exhibit A.
DISCUSSION:
The project is budgeted for in 2019 within account 510-4063-511-73-14 (IB018, $3,000,000). The proposed improvements have been publicly advertised and bid in conformance with City procedures. The advertisement for bid is attached as Exhibit B. Four conforming bids were received, publicly opened and read aloud on March 27, 2019. The low bidder, Superior Excavating, Co., has successfully completed similar projects for the City in the past. This contract is subject to the local vendor preference ordinance. However, none of the contractors submitting bids were eligible according to the requirem...
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