Council and Mayor are asked to consider authorizing and executing a construction contract for W.O. 09-13, Redundant Water Main to Staples Pump Station. A redundant water main feed to the pump station would be extended approximately 6,800 feet from the intersection of Parkhill Drive and 17th Street West north to the station which is located north of Rimrock Road between Stanford Drive and 17th St. W. In addition, a 16-inch water main would be extended about 1,200 feet in 15th Street West between Avenue D and Parkhill Drive in order to complete a critical distribution system loop.

This redundant water main must cross the BBWA Canal at the west end of Parkhill Drive. On March 8, Council approved a separate construction contract with Four Beers, Inc. for $73,670.00 to install a 36-inch steel casing pipe across the canal before it fills in early April with seasonal irrigation water.  Construction of the new redundant water main will be greatly facilitated by the installed casing pipe because the water main will be slipped through this steel casing under the active BBWA Canal.

The Council may:
• Award the construction contract to Western Municipal Construction; or
• Do not award the construction contract.

Bids were opened on March 23, 2010 for W.O. 09-13 with the results listed below:

Schedule 1
Engineer’s Estimate:  $1,914,602.00
DePatco, Inc.:  $1,614,822.50
Western Municipal Construction:  $1,598,671.00
COP Construction LLC:  $1,794,796.00
Williams Civil Division:  $1,838,101.50

Schedule 2
Engineer’s Estimate: $435,005.50
DePatco, Inc.: $282,776.00
Western Municipal Construction: $288,412.00
COP Construction LLC: $379,247.00
Williams Civil Division: $397,666.50

Schedule 1 plus Schedule 2
Engineer’s Estimate: $2,349,607.50
DePatco, Inc.: $1,897,598.50
Western Municipal Construction: $1,887,083.00
COP Construction LLC: $2,174,043.00
Williams Civil Division: $2,235,768.00

Schedule 1 (with Alternate No. 1) plus Schedule 2 
Engineer’s Estimate: $2,457,812.50
DePatco, Inc.: $1,973,978.50
Western Municipal Construction: $1,976,193.00
COP Construction LLC: $2,250,423.00
Williams Civil Division: $2,413,988.00

City water funds will pay for the construction contract.  The FY 10 budget for this project is:

Budgeted amount:  $2,700,000.00
Previously Encumbered:  $433,353.00
Amount this contract: $1,887,083.00
Budget remaining:  $379,564.00

Staff recommends that Council award a single construction contract for both Schedule 1 plus Additive No. Two-Schedule 2 of W.O. 09-13 to Western Municipal Construction in the amount of $1,887,083.00.