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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing an agreement with Jamail & Smith Construction, LP, for the maintenance and repairs of the transfer station tunnel, in the amount of $882,114.74.
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DATE: January 21, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Andrew Zagars, P.E. City Engineer
SUBJECT: Transfer Station Tunnel Repair Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) includes the Transfer Station Tunnel/Loading Pit Project as a funded project for design and construction. On January 3, 2023, the City Council authorized a contract with Freese and Nichols for the design of the project in the amount of $141,243.00.
On January 15, 2023, while the project was under design, a fire occurred at the transfer station that damaged the push wall. Upon working with the claims department, a separate design contract in the amount of $39,999 with Freese and Nichols was issued to create design documents to address the fire damage. Both projects continued design until September 2023, when they were both advertised for construction bids. The push wall project was advertised for bids to be returned by September 5, 2024, and the tunnel modification bids were due on September 12, 2024. The City received no bids for either project.
The City then worked with the design consultant and reached out to contractors for ways to make this a successful project. Staff combined both projects into one bid package for contractors in a means to promote more interest. The City advertised for bids to be received by May 30, 2024. Again, the City did not receive any bids.
The City then reached out to Jamail and Smith Construction, LP, to provide a Texas Buyboard purchasing cooperative quote for each project. The contractor and our design consultant reviewed the plans and coordinated information needed to provide a quote. The work will include modifications to the two existing loading tunnels to the surrounding concrete, safety ...
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