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CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING OF BID 1415-28, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1415-70 BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND CENTRAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,334,675; PERFORMANCE BOND B-1415-28; STATUTORY BOND B-1415-29; AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-1415-27 FOR PHASE I OF THE BERRY ROAD WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: For many years, the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) has contemplated replacement of the 14-inch cast iron waterline along 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.
The Berry Waterline Replacement project (WA0305) has been funded by the NUA and is expected to include 13,200 linear feet (LF) of 16-inch waterline along the west side of Berry Road from Robinson to Lindsey and then east along Lindsey to Chautauqua where it will connect to the 16-inch Lindsey Waterline project completed in 2005.
On May 10, 2011, the NUA approved Amendment No. 1 to Contract K-0910-61 authorizing Poe & Associates (Poe) to perform field surveying, preliminary design, final design and limited construction management services for the Berry Waterline Replacement for a total contract price of $172,000. The design plans were approved by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on April 29, 2014.
Staff has intentionally delayed bidding of the NUA project in coordination with OU to allow OU time to obtain funding for their waterli...
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