Title
Grand Canalscape Bike and Pedestrian Improvements, Design-Bid-Build - ST87600114 (Ordinance S-44136)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept Combs Construction Company, Inc. (Glendale, Ariz.) as the lowest-priced, responsive and responsible bidder and to enter into an agreement with Combs Construction Company, Inc., for construction services for the Grand Canalscape Bike and Pedestrian Improvements project. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The bid received from Combs Construction Company Inc. was $8,395,815.23.
Report
Summary
Combs Construction Company, Inc., will provide construction services in support of the Grand Canalscape Bike and Pedestrian Improvements project along the Grand Canal between approximately Interstate 17 and the City of Phoenix/City of Tempe border near Priest Drive. The work includes, but is not limited to: construction of a 10-foot wide concrete pathway, lighting, landscape and irrigation; site furnishings such as seating nodes and gabion trail markers; two pedestrian bridges - one at the 36th Street alignment and one east of 44th Street to connect the new pathway to the back gate at the Pueblo Grande Museum; traffic signals, HAWKS, Rapid Flashing Beacons; a new railroad crossing at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks east of 44th Street; and other associated work required to complete this project.
Procurement Information
Seven bids were received according to section 34-201 of the Arizona Revised Statutes by the Street Transportation Department on Oct. 17, 2017. The bids were sent to the Equal Opportunity Department for review to determine subcontractor eligibility and general contractor responsiveness in demonstrating compliance with the project’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) outreach. Three bidders were deemed responsive and four non-responsive.
Bids ranged from a low of $8,395,815.23 to a high of $11,708,248.33. The Engineer's estimate and the three lowest responsive, responsible bidders are listed below:
Engineer's Estimate: $12,269,626.25
Combs Construction Company, Inc.: $8,395,815.23
J. Banicki Construction, Inc.: $8,673,888.30
Haydon Building Corporation: $8,995,471.24
Contract Term
The term of the contract is expected to be completed within 365 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Contract work scope identified and incorporated into the contract prior to the end of the contract may be agreed to by the parties, and work may extend past the termination of the contract. No additional contract work scope changes may be executed after the end of the contract term.
Financial Impact
This project will utilize local and federal funds and is subject to the requirements of 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 26 and the U.S. Department of Transportation DBE Program. The bid award amount is within the total budget for this project. Funding is available in the Street Transportation Department's Capital Improvement Program budget. Contract payments may be made up to contract limits for all rendered contract services, which may extend past the contract termination.
Small Business Outreach
The funding agency has determined that no Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goal will be established for this project.
Location
Between the existing pedestrian bridge located south of Indian School Road and 23rdAvenue and 15th Avenue; between 16th Street and 36th Street; and between 40th Street and 44th Street; along the south bank of the Grand Canal between 44th Street and the Union Pacific Railroad crossing east of 44th Street; and along the north bank of the Grand Canal between the Union Pacific Railroad crossing and the Phoenix/Tempe border at the 56th Street alignment.
Council Districts: 4, 6, and 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua, the Street Transportation Department, and the City Engineer.