2004/10/31 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET v PROJECT TITLE: Award Construction Contract Consent COUNCIL BILL# for Water Filter Plant Facility X Action Originating Department Utilities Improvement Project to Low First Reading Contact Person John McClellan Bidder Second Reading Phone Number 257-7214 Third Reading FOR AGENDA OF Oct. 13, 2004 Public Hearing Initialed by: Department Head CAA Council President Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval Water Filter Plant Call for Bids Bid Tabulation Public Works,Utilities Amount Budgeted $ 1,610,000 Expenditure Required $ 1,502,446 Account Number(s): Budget Remaining $ 107,554 Additional Required - $ 0 - DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: The Facility Improvement Project (FIP)was put out for public bids and bids were opened on Tuesday, the 28th of September. The City received six bid proposals for this project. The apparent low bidder was Hisey Construction, of Bainbridge Island, Washington. The project includes the construction of a building to house the existing bulk storage tanks for liquid alum and polymer, and associated equipment; and construction of a new plant water pumping station. The amount of the low bid was $1,502,446 and the engineer's estimate was $1,266,027 (including taxes). The department feels that this is a reasonable cost for the project, even though the low bid is greater than the engineer's estimate. Factors contributing to this greater cost include a steady and significant increase in building materials over the last year,particularly steel products, which represent a higher than average portion of this project. RECOMMENDATION (Exact action requested of Council): Authorize Mayor to sign a contract with Hisey Construction for$1,502,446, including tax, for the construction of the Plant Improvement Project at the Water Filter Plant. S:\PComish\WORD\Councl AgrndaUM-WFP irnprov 10-13-04 DOC 1 ,�