Title
Approval of Bid Award for the Percival Landing F-Float Replacement Project
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to award Percival Landing F-Float Replacement to Neptune Marine.
Report
Issue:
Whether to award the contract to Neptune Marine as bid or to reject all bids and redesign the project with less expensive floats. Low bid was $494,496, which is 40% over the Engineer's estimate of $354,013.
Staff Contact:
Kip Summers, Project Engineer, Parks, Arts and Recreation, 360.570.5834
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar item.
Background and Analysis:
The City closed the Percival Landing F-Float in January of 2013 due to the unsafe conditions of the float. Replacement floats were designed, permits obtained and bids received for the replacement floats on December 5, 2013. All bids exceeded the engineer's estimate. As a result, all bids were rejected and City Council directed staff to conduct stakeholder outreach and redesign the project to reduce the cost and still meet stakeholders input.
Since that time:
? On March 31, 2014, staff conducted a public meeting focused on the Percival Landing E and F-Float rehabilitation project. Staff contacted key stakeholders such as Harbor Days, Wooden Boat, the Port of Olympia and the Olympia Yacht Club specifically to discuss float decking and flotation options. The feedback received was instrumental in re-designing F-Float to serve more as a sewage pump-out facility than transient moorage.
? The E-Float and F-Float work was separated into two projects. This allowed the city to maintain the critical project schedule on F-float while design and bidding continues on E-Float.
? On July 2, 2014, staff received bids for the F-Float Replacement project. The lowest bid was $494,496, which is 40% above the engineers estimate. Attachment A is a tabulation of bids received. Two options that will meet the 201...
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