07-22-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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July 2, 2019 Mr. Ray Mayo Assistant Director of Public Works City of La Porte, Texas 2963 N. 23rd Street La Porte, TX 77571 Re: Letter of Recommendation Hillridge Water Plant Improvements Project — Phase It City of La Porte, Texas City Bid #19015 HDR Job No. 16-064 / 19-014 Dear Mr. Mayo: On June 25, 2019, the City received six (6) bids for the above referenced project. The following is a summary of our bid evaluation, Bid Tabulation Sheet — Six (6) construction firms, participated in the bidding process. Each bid was checked for mathematical errors and/or bid irregularities. Errors were discovered on three of the bids. Appropriate corrections to the errors were made and included in the attached bid tabulation. The errors did not affect the order of the bids. The project was bid with Base Bid items, Supplemental Items, and Cash Allowance Items. The Base Bid included the construction of a 50'x20' Precast Concrete Booster Station Building and the installation of the chlorine disinfection system and the electrical system. Cash Allowance Items were included for electrical service and controller programming. The corrected bid totals for the project received from the six firms are as follows: Contractor Total Bid Amount W.W. Payton Corporation $1,075,000.00 R&B Group, Inc. $1,103,375.00 Sustanite Support Services, LE $1,112,500.00 B5 Construction Company, Inc. $1,168,899.00 Black Castle General Contractor $1,250,080.00 Resicom, Inc. $1,752,174.00 A copy of the bid tabulation is attached in Section I of this report. TeleRhone Conversations with References — HDR contacted references provided by the lowest responsive bidder, W.W. Payton Corporation, and asked them to respond to a questionnaire. HDR received overall good ratings on their previous projects of similar size and nature. The references 4828 Loop Central Drive, SLAG 800, Houston, TX 77081-2220 T (713) 622-9264 F (713) 622-9265 Texas Registered Engineering Finn F-754