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Page 3 <br />PC South — Approval of Contract for Construction <br />BCC Meeting — July 16, 2013 <br />July 8, 2013 <br />• Total Phosphorus = 2,450 pounds = 1,225 forty pound bags of 10=5-10 (N -P -K) <br />fertilizer. <br />• Total Suspended Solids = 25,389 pounds = 12.7 tons. <br />DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES <br />A. Construction Contract for PC South Algal Nutrient Removal Facility and <br />Pump Station <br />The PC South construction contract includes construction of the PC South treatment <br />facility near the South County Water Treatment Plant, and a canal water pumping <br />station at the South Relief Canal near 27th Avenue. Attachment A shows the locations <br />of the PC South site and the South Relief Canal Pump Station. Construction plans, <br />specifications, bidding, and contract documents were prepared by Public Works <br />Stormwater Division with assistance from structural and electrical engineering <br />subconsultants. Requests for bids for PC South's construction contract (titled "PC <br />South Algal Nutrient Removal Facility") were advertised on April 25, 2013 (Bid No. <br />2013030). <br />Five construction bids for the PC South treatment facility and the South Relief Canal <br />pump station were received on June 5, 2013 and are listed in Table 1. Detailed bids are <br />presented in Attachment B. <br />Table 1 — PC South Algal Nutrient Facility Bids <br />PC South Algal Nutrient Facility <br />Bidder <br />Total Bid Price <br />Close Construction, LLC <br />$5,856,660.20 <br />Cardinal Contractors, Inc. <br />$6,397,000.00 <br />Lucas Marine Acquisition Co., LLC <br />$6,784,000.00 <br />Wharton -Smith, Inc. <br />1 $6,939,010.00 <br />Gibbs & Register, Inc. <br />1 $7,866,572.00 <br />With a low bid of $5,856,660.20, Close Construction, LLC is the apparent lowest <br />responsive bidder. Staff researched Close Construction's bid submittal, references, and <br />other pertinent information and discovered no reason why Close Construction, LLC <br />should not be awarded the construction contract. The company successfully <br />constructed another algal treatment system in Okeechobee for South Florida Water <br />Management District; and it recently constructed Egret Marsh's concrete floway surface, <br />replacing the original membrane/grid surface. A complete copy of Close Construction's <br />3 <br />F:\Public Works\KeithM\Stormwater Projects\PC South Construction\Agenda Items\Agenda - PC South Recommendation of Bid <br />Award for Construction.doc 179 <br />