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z INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Department of Utilitv Services OR Memo To: Jennifer Hyde,Manager,Purchasing Division From: Gordon E. Sparks,P.E.,Environmental Engineer 4!25 Thru: Arjuna Weragoda,P.E.,Capital Projects Manager Aw CC: Vincent Burke,P.E.,Utilities Director® Date: October 30,2013 Re: Bid Award Recommendation for Bid No.2014008 US Highway 1 Widening Utility Conflicts from Oslo Rd. to County Line WIP Number 47123536-044699-13502,UCP#4096 On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, five (5) Bids were received and opened at 2:00 PM for the above �..- referenced project as follows: Bidders Total Bid Price Young's Communication Co.,Inc.,(PCOM) $892,365.10 Johnson-Davis $1,061,087.50 Melvin Bush Construction,Inc. $1,137,374.04 Felix Associates of Florida,Inc. $1,172,658.85 Fountain Engineering Inc. $1,501,918.89 A detailed Bid Tabulation was prepared by Schulke, Bittle & Stoddard, L.L.C. (Schukle), the County's consultant for the project. The apparent low bidder is YCOM of Melbourne, FL. Schulke conducted an extensive reference check of YCOM's submittals, which included General Contractors, Consulting Engineers,Cities and a County. All were very positive in regards to YCOM's ability,staff and work ethics. In this light,they appear very capable to construct the US 1 utility confect improvements. The Engineer's Cost Estimate for construction was $1,100,000.00. Thus the low bid of$892,365.10 from YCOM was$207,634.90 less than anticipated.Therefore,staff of the Utilities Department recommend that the bid be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, YCOM, for $892,365.10, A sample contract (two copies) has been prepared and is attached to this memo for pre-approval (in form) by the BCC in awarding the project. w.. Page I F:\Utilities\UTILITY-ENGINEERING\Pmjects-Utility Construction Permits\IRC-US 1 South from I Ith Street to County Line UCP 44096\Conflict Resolutions\OA-BID RECOMMENDATION Memo to PURCHASING October 30,2013 cmc.doc 91