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CHANGE ORDER NO. THREE TO CONTRACT NO. K-1011-2: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND URBAN CONTRACTORS, L.L.C., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $44,784.50 FOR THE FYE 2010 SEWER MAINTENANCE PROJECT AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT.
ACTION NEEDED: Acting as the Norman Utilities Authority, motion to approve or reject Change Order No. Three with Urban Contractors, L.L.C., increasing the contract by $44,784.50; and, if approved, authorize the execution thereof, accept the project, and direct final payment in the amount of $52,707.96 to Urban Contractors, L.L.C.
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BACKGROUND: In 2001, the citizens of Norman approved a five dollar per month sewer maintenance fee to provide for the systematic replacement of aged and deteriorated sewer lines throughout our wastewater collection system. The annual project is rehabilitative in nature. This project was bid in two phases on May 27, 2010 and June 3, 2010. On July 13, 2010, the Norman Utilities Authority (NUA) approved Contract K-1011-2 with Urban Contractors, LLC (Urban) in the amount of $1,570,100 and funding from Sewer Maintenance Project FYE 2010 (SMP10) (WW0055).
On June 14, 2011, the NUA approved Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $69,250 to fund approximately 1,100 LF of improvements along Red Oak Drive. On October 11, 2011, the NUA approved Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $63,150 to fund approximately 700 LF of sewer replacement along Berry Road.
DESCRIPTION: As with any project of this scope, field adjustments and modifications were necessary. However, the bid prices in this project created an excellent value for supplementary work as the need arose during the project. The overall cost of sewer line replacement under this bid was about $58/foot. Typical costs in the past have approached $100/foot. So, it is in the best interest of NUA to maximize quantity of newly installed lines at these bid prices within the approved b...
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