Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract #20210020R for the Southport Wastewater Treatment Plant Demolition Project to Lawrence Lee Construction Services, Inc.
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Submitted By: Michelle Fentress, Procurement Agent I, Procurement Management Department (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Michelle Fentress, Procurement Agent I, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Lawrence Lee Construction Services, Inc.
3. Purpose: To demolish portions of the Southport WWTP that are no longer being used.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: 90 calendar days.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: Ensuring a safe environment at the site location with the removal of the deteriorating structures.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): One-time expenditure in the amount of $297,000.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20210020R for the Southport Wastewater Treatment Plant Demolition Project to Lawrence Lee Construction Services, Inc. for the unit prices listed on Schedule A.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract 20210020R.
2. Move that the Council not approve Contract #20210020R and provide staff with direction.
Background: A portion of the Southport Wastewater Treatment Facility package plant was decommissioned in 1985. The legacy infrastructure includes the package plant, holding tanks, pump structures, water piping, electrical systems, etc. The structures and processing provided by the package plant are obsolete and are no longer of any value to the Utility Systems Division and/or the City of Port St. Lucie. In fact, they have recently become a possible liability due to structural failures and safety concerns.
These structures have remained on site and have been inspected for safety on a...
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