The request of staff for the City Council is to review the attached engineers bid recommendation memo and consider approval and award of the low bid submitted by BUN Construction Company, Inc. in the amount not to exceed nine hundred sixty-eight thousand seven hundred sixty dollars and zero cents $968,760.00 for the 2014/2015 Water System Improvements Project.

As Council may recall, this project was advertised for competitive bidding in October of 2015.  Six (6) bids were submitted ranging from a low bid of nine hundred sixty-eight thousand seven hundred sixty dollars and zero cents $968,760 to a high bid of one million seven hundred six thousand seven hundred seventy-two dollars and forty cents $1,706,772.40. The Engineer has verified bid dollar amounts and documents submitted.  Reference's have been verified to confirm the contractor is familiar and capable of performing utility projects.  Therefore, the engineer has recommend approval of the low bid and award of the project to BUN Construction Company, Inc.

The scope of work for the project includes the installation of approximately 7,000' of new eight inch diameter water mains and the installation of 10 fire hydrant assemblies. The replacement and upsize of the existing water mains will increase fire flow capacity to the existing and proposed fire hydrant assemblies resulting in better fire protection to the residential and commercial properties in the event of a fire.  In addition, the replacement of 2,600' of existing asbestos cement pipe along Marine Pkwy will eliminate the probability of damage to the proposed muli-use path as the existing pipe has served its useful life and currently is prone to joint failures.