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efforts to estimate the contractor’s production time for a project essentially consisting of <br />20 small separate replacement areas is not going to be as good as the contractor <br />performing this work regularly.) <br />February 21, 2013–Initial advertisement for bid is published. In 2-1/2 weeks, Planning and <br />Engineering staff designed and prepared contract documents that the county engineering <br />consultant’s proposed $70,000 fee to design. <br />March 12, 2013–Construction bids opened.Initial project cost was $525,742.02, not including <br />contingency. <br />March 20, 2013–Access to final county construction drawings forwarded to staff. <br />March 25, 2013-Staff advised of the environmental permit language concerning the city <br />asbestos concrete water main and the potential for other conflicts with county plan <br />revisions made after the 95%-plan submittal. Discussions with apparent low bidder to <br />incorporate these changes into the scope of work resulted in proposal for Change Order <br />No. 1, resulting in an additional $67,770 in utility work. <br />Action Required by Council: <br />Council may: <br />1.Consider rejecting all bids for Sealed Bid #13012 –Farrington Boulevard Utility Relocate <br />and re-bid the project; or <br />2.Consider approval or other action authorizingthe City Manager to enter into a contract with <br />Paskey, Incorporatedin the amount of $525,742.02, accepting the Alternate Bid, and <br />further allocating up to $578,316.22for this contract including a $52,574.20contingency <br />(10.0%). The $578,316.22contract will be funded from the Utility Fund reserve reducing <br />the working capital to just over 60-days; or <br />3.Direct staff to pursue any other option desired by the City Council. <br />Approved for City Council Agenda <br />Corby D. Alexander, City ManagerDate <br /> <br />