FIN-19-045 - T19-054 Iron Horse Trail North and South Section Improvements

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REPORT TO:Committee of the Whole DATE OF MEETING:2019-05-27 SUBMITTED BY:Margaret Fisher,Director of Procurement,519-741-2200 ext. 7214 PREPARED BY:Steve Rudak, Procurement Specialist,519-741-2200 ext. 7213 WARD (S) INVOLVED:Wards9and10 DATE OF REPORT:2019-05-16 REPORT NO.:FIN-19-045 SUBJECT:T19-054 Iron Horse Trail North and South Section Improvements __________________________________________________________________________________________ RECOMMENDATION: That Tender T19-054 Iron Horse Trail North and South Section Improvements, be awarded to Coco Paving Inc., Petersburg, Ontario, at their adjusted tendered price of $2,144,696.50, including provisional itemand contingenciesof $458,646.15, plus H.S.T. of $278,810.54, for a total of $2,423,507. BACKGROUND: TheIron Horse Trail Improvement Strategy was completed by the City and approved by Council inNovember 2015. The improvement strategy focused on community input and the development of a vision for the trail corridor. In 2018, the central section improvements of the Iron Horse Trail,from Gage Avenueto Queen Street South,werecompleted. The north and south section improvements arethe continuanceof thisstrategy for the Iron Horse Trail. Improvements under this tenderinclude trail widening, lighting, roadway crossings, site furnishings and landscaping. Work is scheduled tobegin spring/summer 2019,and be completed by May 2020. REPORT: Tenders were advertised publicly on the City of Kitchener website.Documents were downloaded by thirty-two (32)interested parties and by the closing date of Tuesday April 30, 2019,seven (7)tenders had been received. The tenders were reviewed by M. Parris, Landscape Architect, L. Christensen, Multi-Use Pathway and Trai project, who concur with the above recommendation. ***This information is available in accessible formats uponrequest. *** Please call 519-741-2345 or TTY 1-866-969-9994for assistance. 1.iv - 1