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Page 2 <br />Award of Bid No: 201901 <br />US Highway 1 Landscaping — South County Line to Oslo Road <br />November 13, 2018 <br />projects in Florida. Green Construction Technologies, Inc.'s bid is $147,636.27 above the <br />engineer's cost estimate of $226,023.25. <br />Following the Contractor's completion of the project, and the 90 -day establishment period, the <br />County will assume maintenance forthe new landscaping material. Although the County's Road <br />and Bridge Division already maintains the medians within the project limits, including regular <br />mowing, the new landscaping will require additional maintenance. It is estimated that the <br />additional annual expense to maintain the landscaping will be $ 25,000.00. <br />ANALYSIS <br />While both bids received are significantly higher than the engineer's cost estimate which was <br />completed in 2017, the recent acceleration in construction activity, much of which includes a <br />landscaping component, has caused the price of landscaping material to rise dramatically. <br />Since the lowest, responsive, responsible contractor's bid is above the $182,067.90 available for <br />the project ($82,067.90 Grant award plus the $100,000.00 grant -match from the County's Tree <br />Ordinance Fund), the Board of County Commissioners would need to authorize expenditure of <br />an additional $191,591.62 to complete the project. <br />FUNDING <br />Although not currently budgeted, funding for the project is available in the County's Tree <br />Ordinance Fund. Funding in the amount of $82,067.90 is available through the 2017 award of a <br />Highway Beautification Grant to Indian River County. In addition to the Grant's award of <br />$82,067.90, $291,591.62 is needed from the County's Tree Ordinance Fund to award the <br />project,to Green Construction Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $373,659.52. <br />Following a budget amendment, the project can be funded from the Tree Ordinance Fund/Cash <br />Forward -Oct 1st, and expensed to Tree Ordinance Fund/Parks/Other Professional Services/FL <br />Highway Beautification Grant, Account No. 11721072-033190-19801. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: <br />1) Authorize the expenditure of $291,591.62 from the County's Tree Ordinance Fund, <br />$100,000.00 of which was previously authorized at the February 7, 2017 Board of <br />County Commissioners meeting, for completion of the US Highway 1 Landscaping <br />Project. <br />73 <br />C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@A023C2DI\@BCL@AO23C2DI.doc <br />