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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Kurt Muth, P.E., Engineering Coordinator
DATE: February 26, 2024
SUBJECT:
A resolution to award the McCleery Water Main Loop project, located in Ward 4, to Brandt Excavating, Inc., 385 E. Hoover St., Morris, Illinois 60450 in the bid amount of eighty-six thousand two hundred dollars and zero cents ($86,200.00).
PURPOSE:
To redirect and loop a portion of water main which serves McCleery Elementary School. The redirection of the water main loop is due to a history of breaks in the area where the main was previously connected.
BACKGROUND:
The location of the water main to be redirected can be seen in the attachment, Exhibit A - Location Map. There is only one water service off the existing water main loop that serves McCleery Elementary School. This service is outside the project limits and does not need to be replaced. The water main loop is to be installed by directional drilling methods to reduce the restoration required and minimize disturbances in the area. An easement was attained from the school district for the new water main location that will be redirected to W. Illinois Avenue. Furthermore, the work is scheduled to be completed during Spring/Summer Break for SD129 when students will be off school minimizing further disturbances.
DISCUSSION:
Five base bids and five alternate bids were received, opened, and read aloud on February 14, 2024. Attached are Exhibits B & D, the proof of advertisement for bid and Brandt Excavating, Inc.'s submitted bid. The base bid and alternate bid tabulations can be seen in the attached Exhibit C. The base bid is open cut construction while the alternate bid offered the option for directional drilling. The low base bid received was at the total of $138,686.50. The lowest responsible alternate bid received was in the amount of $86,200.00 by Brandt Excavating, Inc. The water main improvements will be funded with account 510-4058-511-73-02 (IC076) which has a 2024 budget amount of $5,0...
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