Title
Grand Canalscape Phase I Uptown and Gateway North Design-Bid-Build - ST87600074 and AR63000013 (Ordinance S-43558)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept Combs Construction Company, Inc. (Phoenix) Vendor 3000710 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 Phase I Uptown and Gateway North project. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
Combs Construction Company, Inc. will provide construction services in support of the Grand Canalscape Phase I Uptown and Gateway North project from 15th Avenue to 16th Street and 36th Street to 40th Street. The work includes construction of a 10-foot concrete pathway along the north bank of the Grand Canal between 15th Avenue and 16th Street and along the south bank of the Grand Canal between approximately 36th Street and 40th Street that includes pathway lighting, landscape and irrigation, and other associated work required to complete this project. It also includes artist-designed features such as shade canopies, benches, landscape walls, trail markers and pavers.
Procurement Information
Five bids were received according to section 34-201 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) by the Street Transportation Department on April 18, 2017. The top four 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 Small Business Enterprise (SBE) goal. Four bidders were deemed responsive and one bidder was deemed non-responsive for not meeting the SBE goal.
The bids ranged from a low of $3,620,983 to a high of $3,999,000. The Engineer's Estimate and the three lowest responsive, responsible bidders are listed below:
Engineer's Estimate: $3,759,592.80
Combs Construction Company, Inc.: $3,620,983
Stratton Builders: $3,685,779
Haydon Building Corporation: $3,968,307.55
Contract Term
The term of the contract is 360 calendar days from the date of issuance of the Notice to Proceed. The 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
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
A SBE goal of 16 percent has been established for this project.
Location
Along the Grand Canal from 15th Avenue to 16th Street and 36th Street to 40th Street.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Karen Peters and Mario Paniagua, the Office of Arts and Culture, the Street Transportation Department, and the City Engineer.