HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN-10-088 - T10-031 - Strasburg Creek & Wards Pond Rehabilitation
REPORT
REPORT TO:
Mayor Carl Zehr & Members of Council
DATE OF MEETING:
2010-06-14
SUBMITTED BY:
Larry Gordon, Director of Supply Services
PREPARED BY:
Larry Gordon, Director of Supply Services (2214)
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
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DATE OF REPORT:
2010-06-03
REPORT NO:
FIN 10-088
SUBJECT:
T10-031 – Strasburg Creek – Brigadoon and Wards Pond
Rehabilitation
RECOMMENDATION:
That tender T10-031, Strasburg Creek – Brigadoon and Wards Pond Rehabilitation, be awarded
to 560789 Ontario Limited, o/a R & M Construction, Acton, Ontario at their tendered price of
$1,658,168.50, including provisional items of $169,800., plus G.S.T. of $82,908.43., for a total of
$1,741,076.93, and further that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute an
agreement satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
BACKGROUND:
Engineering Services wishes to proceed with the construction of Strasburg Creek and Wards &
Brigadoon Ponds. This work is a result of recommendations from an Environmental
Assessment completed in 2005. The project involves construction of a new channel and pond
rehabilitation and restoration.
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. Eighteen (18) potential bidders picked up tender documents, and by the
nd
closing date of Thursday April 22, 2010, three (3) tenders had been received.
The tenders were reviewed by P. Tewari, Aquafor Beech Limited, the City’s Consultants for the
project, and K. Mick, Design and Approval Engineer, who concur with the above
recommendation.
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The following tenders were received:
TOTAL BID CORRECTED
PRICE BID PRICE
R&M Construction Acton ON $1,741,076.93 *
Cambridge Landscaping Inc. Cambridge ON $1,876,435.37
Bel-Air Excavating Cambridge ON $2,133,847.80 $2,145,943.80
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding will be provided from Internal Order – 11406, 209, 52000121 and 59500199 Strasburg
Creek and Wards and Brigadoon Ponds
Financial Report is attached.
Budget estimate is $1,800,000.
Any surplus funds will be returned to the source from which it was received.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Dan Chapman, General Manager of Financial Services and City
Treasurer
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