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.
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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
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