TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF DECEMBER 18, 2008
COMMITTEE ON PURCHASING
Mr. Richard Lanyon, General Superintendent
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Authority to advertise Contract 05-834-2D, Touhy Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation and Repair of Other Bridges on The North Shore Channel, estimated cost is $2,500,000.00, Account 101-50000-612620 and 201-50000-645720, Requisition 1262480
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Dear Sir:
Contract documents and specifications have been prepared for the Touhy Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation and Repair of Other Bridges on The North Shore at the request of the Maintenance and Operations Department.
This contract includes the following items:
1. Rehabilitation of Touhy Avenue Bridge: Replace expansion joints, deteriorated steel stringers, approach slabs, concrete deck, and sidewalks. Repair deteriorated concrete piers, abutment walls, and wing walls. Clean and paint steel members.
2. Main Street Bridge: Repair deteriorated concrete at abutment walls and piers.
3. Church Avenue Bridge: Extending down spouts to drain water away from abutment bearing seats. Repair expansion joints, cracks in the concrete columns, deteriorated concrete at columns, abutment walls, and wing walls. Remove rivets with deteriorated shear heads and replace them with high strength bolts. Clean and paint steel members.
4. Maple Avenue Bridge: Replace missing washers and nuts for steel grating, repair bottom flange of floor beam, and replace missing grout beneath base plates of steel columns.
5. Linden Avenue Bridge: Repair cracks and deteriorated concrete at abutment walls and piers. Replace corroded rivets with high strength bolts.
6. Sheridan Road Bridge: Repair cracks and deteriorated concrete at abutment walls, piers and floor beams. Clean and paint steel members.
The purpose of this contract is to repair deficiencies in the bridges identified and described in the Biennial Bridge Inspection Reports prepared by Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates in 2004 and 2006. These repairs are required to ensure the long-term structural integrity of the structures.
The estimated cost for this contract is $2 500,000.00.
The bid deposit for this contract is $125,000.00.
The contract specifications require that all work commence 30 calendar days after approval of the contractor’s bond and shall be completed within 400 calendar days after approval of the contractor’s bond. Liquidated damages are $1,000.00 for each calendar day that the contractor is in default of the time specified for failing to achieve substantial work completion and $200.00 for each calendar day the contractor is in default of the specified time for completion of the entire work.
The Multi-Project Labor Agreement will be included in this contract.
Revised Appendix D will be included in the contract. The type of work to be performed under this contract is classified “Miscellaneous Building Construction” for the PCE utilization goals contained in the revised Appendix D. The associated goals are 20% Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), 9% Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE), and 10% Small Business Enterprise (SBE).
The tentative schedule for this contract is as follows:
Advertise January 7, 2009
Bid opening February 3, 2009
Award April 24, 2009
Completion May 28, 2010
Funds are available in Accounts 101-50000-612620 and 201-50000-645720 contingent upon an appropriation in that budget and will be in effect until January 1, 2009. Funds for subsequent years, 2010 are contingent on the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the District’s budget for those years.
In view of the foregoing, it is recommended that the Purchasing Agent be authorized to advertise Contract 05-834-2D.
Requested, Joseph P. Sobanski, Chief Engineer, TK:JKK
Recommended, Darlene A. LoCascio, Purchasing Agent
Respectfully Submitted, Barbara J. McGowan, Chairman Committee on Purchasing
Disposition of this agenda item will be documented in the official Regular Board Meeting Minutes of the Board of Commissioners for December 18, 2008