TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the award of Bid No. 21-32, Chaparral Elevated Storage Tank Project to Landmark Structures in the amount of $5,253,000.
SUMMARY
DATE: August 3, 2021
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Tony Mcllwain, Executive Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Authorize the Award of a Construction Contract with Landmark Structures to Construct the Chaparral Elevated Storage Tank Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The 2019 Water and Wastewater Master Plan includes project 1W to build a 1.5-million-gallon elevated storage tank (EST) 300-feet south of the Chaparral Road and Purple Martin Drive intersection. Water from the new Stillhouse Water Treatment Plant (WTP) will be pumped into the proposed Chaparral EST which will provide additional elevated storage in the lower pressure plane as well as storage for the suction side of the Chaparral Pump Station, which will pump water into the upper pressure plane. The Chaparral EST is the first of four projects that combined will deliver, store, and pump water from the Stillhouse WTP into the City’s existing water distribution system.
On July 8, 2021, bids for 21-32, construction of the Chaparral EST were opened and read aloud. Four (4) contractors submitted bids on this project. The bids are as follows:
BIDDERS BID
Landmark Structures $5,253,000.00
CB&I Storage Tank Solutions $5,829,996.72
Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors $5,940,734.00
Caldwell Tanks $5,956,000.00
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
(1) Delay the construction of the project; this will result in the Upper Pressure Plan being out of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) compliance regarding elevated storage capacity and will require water from the Stillhouse WTP to be pumped through the water distribution system prior to entering an elevated storage tank, which is not normal operati...
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