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File #: 2024-026    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 12/21/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/8/2024 Final action: 1/8/2024
Title: Award Contract #20230111 for the Construction of a 24-inch Force Main from Westport Wastewater Treatment Facility to Glades Wastewater Booster Pump Station.
Attachments: 1. 20230111-174 Notice of Intent to Award- NOIA (Legistar Posting)2, 2. 20230111-08 E-Bid Tabulation Report - Total $13,716,488.00 & Non-responsive Bidders, 3. 20230111-05R1 Felix signed, 4. File #2 - Proposal, 5. 20230111 - E-Bid Document, 6. Attachment_8_-_Grant_Agreement (1)

Placement: Consent Agenda                     

Action Requested: Motion / Vote                     

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Award Contract #20230111 for the Construction of a 24-inch Force Main from Westport Wastewater Treatment Facility to Glades Wastewater Booster Pump Station.

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 Submitted By: Robyn Holder, CPPB, Procurement Management Division (PMD).

 

Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.

 

Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)

1.                     Prepared by: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).

2.                     Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Felix Civil Construction, LLC.

3.                     Purpose: To provide a new 24-inch force main to divert up to 4.0 million gallons per day (MGD) from the Southport Booster Pump Station to the Glades Wastewater Booster Pump Station.

4.                     New/Renewal/Modified: New.

5.                     Duration: 630 calendar days with no option to renew.

6.                     Benefits to Port St. Lucie: If this force main is constructed, the Westport Wastewater Treatment Facility will not require additional capacity for the time being.

7.                     Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): One-time expenditure of $13,716,488.00.

 

Presentation Information: N/A.

 

Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20230111 and enter into a unit price contract with Felix Civil Construction, LLC for the construction of the 24-inch force main.

 

Alternate Recommendations:

1.                     Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract #20230111.

2.                     Move that the Council not award Contract #20230111 and provide staff with direction.

 

Background: This project provides a new 24-inch force main to divert up to 4.0 MGD from Southport Booster Pump Station to the Glades Wastewater Booster Pump Station. This flow will bypass the Westport Wastewater Treatment Facility and be transferred to the Glades Wastewater Treatment Facility.

 

An E-Bid was issued on September 26, 2023, to 1,837 potential contractors. There were 52 plan holders with six proposals received on November 14, 2023. Three of which were deemed non-responsive. The Utility Systems Department recommends the use of Alternative Bid Item No. 1 for the directional drill.

 

Issues/Analysis: Staff has reviewed the proposals and finds that Felix Civil Construction, LLC provides the best value to the City. Felix Associates of Florida, Inc. recently went through a name change to Felix Civil Construction, LLC, however, the principal and staff remain the same.  Felix Associates of Florida, Inc. has performed numerous successful projects for the City.

                     

Financial Information: Funds are appropriated in the Utility CIP Fund / Westport WWTP / Improvements O/T Building (#448-3512-563000-Y1728).

 

Special Consideration: N/A.

 

Location of Project: N/A.

 

Attachments:

1.                     Notice of Intent to Award.

2.                     E-Bid Tabulation Report.

3.                     Signed Contract.

4.                     Recommended Proposal.

5.                     E-Bid Documents.

6.                     Construction Plans.

 

NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.

 

Internal Reference Number: 23261-04

 

Legal Sufficiency Review: 

Reviewed by Alyssa Lunin, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, Interim City Attorney.