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CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING OF BID 1516-33, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1516-80 BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND CENTRAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,470,680; PERFORMANCE BOND B-1516-32; STATUTORY BOND B-1516-33; AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-1516-23 FOR THE BERRY ROAD WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, PHASE 3 (BETWEEN MAIN STREET AND ROBINSON STREET).
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BACKGROUND: For many years, the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) has contemplated replacement of the 14-inch cast iron waterline along the west side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey. This waterline was installed in the early 1940's when North Base was a military facility; the waterline is in very poor condition resulting in lost water from numerous repairs, damage to the overlying roadway and inconveniences to the traveling public and the surrounding neighborhood. Similarly, the University of Oklahoma (OU) owns a 14-inch cast iron waterline generally along the east side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey and then east along the north side of Lindsey to Chautauqua. Numerous repairs to the OU waterline have also occurred causing further disruption to the neighborhood.
Staff coordinated with OU to allow both 14-inch waterlines owned by both entities to be constructed parallel and directly adjacent to each other and bid as one project to reduce inconvenience to the public and achieve some cost savings through reduced excavation and reduced width of pavement repairs. The waterline improvements will be managed and paid by each entity under separate contract with the same contractor.
The Berry Waterline Replacement project (WB0305) has been funded by the NUA, in three phases and is expected to include 10,200 linear feet (LF) of 16-inch waterline along the west side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey and approximately 3000 LF of 24-inch waterline east along Lindsey to Chautauqua where it will connect to the 16-inch Lindsey Waterline p...
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