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CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING OF BID 1920-3, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1920-5 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND RDNJ, L.L.C., D/B/A A-TECH PAVING, IN THE AMOUNT OF $69,360; PERFORMANCE BOND B--1920-7; STATUTORY BOND B-1920-8; AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-1920-4 FOR THE DAWS-TONHAWA ALLEY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; AND RESOLUTION R-1920-1 GRANTING TAX EXEMPT STATUS.
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BACKGROUND: Over the past several years, residents along the alley between Daws Street and Tonhawa Street in the Norman Old Town Addition have experienced flooding and property damage due to stormwater runoff flowing north out of the alley instead of west through the alley. This portion of the Norman Old Town Addition was part of the Original Townsite. In 2018, Public Works Stormwater Division began working with Cardinal Engineering to design improvements to the alley to prevent stormwater from leaving the alley and flooding nearby properties. Based on Cardinal's analysis, in order to adequately address the flooding in this area, it is necessary to regrade and install an inverted crown in this alleyway (see attached drawing).
DISCUSSION: In order to complete this project in a timely manner, it is necessary to use private contracting services. On July 3, 2018, using the Agreement for On-Call Engineering Services between City of Norman/Norman Utilities Authority and Cardinal Engineering, Contract K-0910-62, Cardinal Engineering was authorized in the amount of $13,500 to prepare a final design and bid documents for this project.
The bid opening was conducted on September 19, 2019, and two (2) contractors submitted bids. The Engineer's Estimate is $104,248.81. The lowest bid in the amount of $69,360, submitted by RDNJ, LLC "dba" A-Tech Paving, is $34,888.81 (33.5%) below the estimate. The average of the two (2) bids is $70,030.25. If approved, construction will begin on this project in November 2019 and will be completed by February 2019.
If approved, funding for Contrac...
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