Title
***ITEM REVISED (SEE ATTACHED MEMO)*** 7th Street Fiber Transportation Enhancement - Design-Bid-Build Services - ST89340660 (Ordinance S-51997) - Districts 1, 3 & 4
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept R. Directional Drilling & Underground Technology, Inc. as the lowest-priced, responsive and responsible bidder and to enter into an agreement with R. Directional Drilling & Underground Technology, Inc. for Design-Bid-Build Services for the 7th Street Fiber Transportation Enhancement project. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The fee for services will not exceed $2,290,167.59.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this project is to provide the installation of 3.9 miles of fiber optic infrastructure and associated Intelligent Transportation System devices along Deer Valley Road, from 7th Avenue to 7th Street, and along 7th Street, from Deer Valley Road to Paradise Lane. The 7th Street Fiber Transportation Enhancement Project Phase I will extend the City's real-time transportation management capability along key roadway corridors in the City and provide a Layer 3 switch to serve as a fiber node facility in the northern part of the City. This enables more reliable network routing for City ITS devices in the area, consistent with the applications being submitted in September 2019 for funding through the Maricopa Association of Governments System Management and Operations Program.
R. Directional Drilling & Underground Technology, Inc.’s services include, but are not limited to: connecting the 7th Street project to the existing City fiber north of the intersection of 7th Avenue and Deer Valley Road and travel east along Deer Valley Road using existing conduit to connect to a new pull box halfway between Central Avenue and 7th Street that will create a new connection point along existing City conduit infrastructure. New conduit infrastructure will be installed east of the connection point along existing City conduit infrastructure to 7th Street. A new cabinet will be installed near the northwest corner of the 7th Street and Deer Valley Road intersection and provide infrastructure for a fiber connection to the traffic signal in the southwest corner. New conduit and fiber infrastructure will travel south along 7th Street and across the State Route 101L freeway to provide node connections to each of the traffic signals along the corridor ending at the traffic signal at the 7th Street and Paradise Lane intersection.
The selection was made using an Invitation for Bids procurement process set forth in Section 34-201 of the Arizona Revised Statutes. Four bids were received on April 2, 2025 and were sent to the Equal Opportunity Department for review to determine subcontractor eligibility and contractor responsiveness in demonstrating responsiveness to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program requirements.
The Opinion of Probable Cost and the four lowest responsive, responsible bidders are listed below:
- Opinion of Probable Cost: $2,149,469.00
- R. Directional Drilling & Underground Technology, Inc.: $2,290,167.59
- William Charles Construction Company, LLC: $2,420,968.44
- Mears Broadband, LLC: $2,514,666.99
- MP Nexlevel, LLC: $2,940,763.97
The bid award amount is within the total budget for this project.
Contract Term
The term of the agreement is 300 calendar days from issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Work scope identified and incorporated into the agreement prior to the end of the term may be agreed to by the parties, and work may extend past the termination of the agreement. No additional changes may be executed after the end of the term.
Financial Impact
The agreement value for R. Directional Drilling & Underground Technology, Inc. will not exceed $2,290,167.59, including all subcontractor and reimbursable costs.
This project will utilize 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. Funding is available in the Street Transportation Department's Capital Improvement Program budget. The Budget and Research Department will separately review and approve funding availability prior to execution of any amendments. Payments may be made up to agreement limits for all rendered agreement services, which may extend past the agreement termination.
Location
Deer Valley Road to Paradise Lane and from north of 7th Avenue to 7th Street
Council Districts: 1, 3 and 4
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Inger Erickson, the Street Transportation Department and the City Engineer.