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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Ian Wade, Capital Projects Manager
DATE: May 23, 2022
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to enter into an agreement with Tatisco, Inc., 91 Lillian Lane, Yorkville, IL 60560 for the New York Street Bridge West Stairs in the amount of $186,350.00
PURPOSE:
To improve the safety and aesthetics of the stairway connecting the New York Street Bridge to the Fox River Trail by entering into an agreement with Tatisco, Inc. in the amount of $186,350.00 for reconstruction.
BACKGROUND:
The staircase from New York Street (next to Ballydoyle restaurant) to the Fox River Trail is in substantial disrepair. The proposed reconstruction consists of replacing the stringers, treads, landings, and railings. The existing concrete support piers, which are decorative and in good condition, will be left in place to be reused. This design, which is nearly identical (except for two additional landings) to the stairs which were replaced on the east side of the New York Street Bridge (next to La Quinta de Los Reyes restaurant) last year, was approved by the FoxWalk Overlay District Design Review Committee on October 10, 2019.
DISCUSSION:
A request for bids was published and one bid was received for the New York Street Bridge West Stairs. It is the City's opinion that the likely reason only one bid was received in response to this request is because the fabricator which furnishes and installs the majority of this type of steel in downtown Aurora, O'Malley Welding & Fabricating, elected to submit a bid directly as the General Contractor (dba Tatisco, Inc.). It was O'Malley that furnished and installed the stairs for last year's project on the east side of the New York Street Bridge as a subcontractor to Lite Construction, Inc.
Based on this, the City's past positive experiences with O'Malley on similar projects, and the fact that the amount bid is similar to the cost of last year's project (slightly more for a slightly l...
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