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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN-10-056 - T10-015 - Wellington Street Road Reconstruction REPORT REPORT TO: Mayor Carl Zehr & Members of Council DATE OF MEETING: 2010-04-19 SUBMITTED BY: Larry Gordon, Director of Supply Services PREPARED BY: Larry Gordon, Director of Supply Services (2214) WARD(S) INVOLVED: 1 DATE OF REPORT: 2010-04-12 REPORT NO: FIN 10-056 SUBJECT: T10-015 – Wellington Street (Weber St. W. to Margaret Avenue) – Road Reconstruction RECOMMENDATION: That tender T10-015, Wellington Street (Weber St. W. to Margaret Avenue), Road Reconstruction be awarded to PCN Construction Group Inc., London, Ontario at their tendered price of $1,654,072.20., including provisional items and contingency of $189,540.88., plus G.S.T. of $82,703.61, for a total of $1,736,775.81, and further that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute an agreement satisfactory to the City Solicitor. BACKGROUND: The Wellington Street reconstruction project has been initiated to address the infrastructure issues which currently exist. The infrastructure along Wellington Street has generally reached the end of its useful life and requires full replacement. The project includes the reconstruction of all underground services (sanitary sewer, storm sewer and watermain) as well as sanitary and water service connections to the property line. The asphalt roadway will be reconstructed as well as sidewalks and curbs. Construction from Weber Street W. to Margaret Avenue is expected to occur from May to August of 2010. REPORT: Tenders were advertised publicly in The Record, The Daily Commercial News, on the City of Kitchener website and the Internet through the Ontario Public Buyers Electronic Tendering Information System. Eight (8) potential bidders picked up tender documents, and by the closing date of Thursday April 1st, 2010, two (2) tenders had been received. ï ··÷ ó ï The tenders were reviewed by D. Roga, MTE Consultants Inc., the City’s Consultants for the project, and K. Mick, Design and Approvals Engineer, who concur with the above recommendation. The following tenders were received: PCN Construction Group Inc. London ON $1,736,775.51 * Sousa Concrete Branchton ON $2,499,619.08 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Funding will be provided from Internal Order – 219 and 52000096 to 52000099 Financial Report is attached. HST may be charged on all or part of the contract amount, although the exact impact is not determinable at this time. The project manager has confirmed that sufficient contingency exists within the project budget to fund the cost of the non-rebatable portion of the HST should it become applicable to this contract. *Any surplus funds will be returned to Uncommitted (59500194) which are projects funded by Sanitary Sewer (46%), Waterworks (31%) and Capital out of Current (23%). ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Dan Chapman, General Manager of Financial Services and City Treasurer ï ··÷ ó î ï ··÷ ó í