Background/Discussion
On July 1, 2021, bids were received through the City bidding software, IonWave, from Judds Bros Construction Co. and Midwest Mechanical Industrial. Both contractors submitted bid bonds with insufficient bid bond amounts, therefore the bids were considered non-responsive. Both bids were rejected and the project was re-advertised for bids.
On August 5, 2021, bids were received through the City bidding software, IonWave, and were significantly higher than the Engineer’s Opinion and the CIP budgeted amount. The scope of the project was reduced in size to fit the CIP budget and it was re-advertised for bids. The 6th Avenue sanitary pump station was eliminated from the project.
On October 21, 2021, bids were received through the City bidding software, Ion Wave, as follows:
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Division I General
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Division IV Sanitary Sewer
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Division VIII
Misc.
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Total
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Midwest Mechanical Industrial, Logan, IA
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$38,000.00
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$245,000.00
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$78,900.00
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$361,900.00
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Engineer’s Estimate (JEO Consulting Group)
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$67,000.00
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$170,129.87
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$78,855.90
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$315,985.77
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The Southwest sanitary sewer pump station is one of the largest stations within the City’s sanitary sewer collection system and is critical to providing sewer service for the community.
The station is equipped with outdated equipment installed back in the early 1990’s and requires a new generation of replacement equipment to function correctly with a new Supervisory-Control and Data-Acquisition (SCADA) platform.
The project will improve reliability and allow the station to operate more efficiently.
A pump station rehab project was included in the FY21 CIP with a budget of $500,000 in sales tax funds. Any additional funding necessary to complete the project will be paid from the Sanitary Sewer Operations budget.
Construction is scheduled to be complete by August 2022.