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Indian River County, Florida * * MEMORANDUM �IO4' File ID: 25-0437 Type: Consent Staff Report TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr, County Administrator Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager FROM: Howard G. Richards, PE, Manager - Capital Projects DATE: March 19, 2025 Indian River County Administration Complex 1801 27th Street Vero Beach, Florida 32960 indianriver.gov Meeting Date: 4/22/2025 SUBJECT: Award of Bid No. 2025018 to Lawrence Lee Construction Services, Inc. for Phase 2 of Upper Floridan Aquifer SIR Well Head & Raw Water Main, IRCDUS Project ID 11.22.503 BACKGROUND Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) owns and operates the South County Wellfield comprising of seven (7) Upper Floridan Aquifer (UFA) source water wells that provide raw water to the Oslo Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Well no. S1 is being replaced with a new well, SIR, due to its collapse sometime in 2021 which was deemed unsalvageable. Construction of the SIR Project, referred to as Upper Floridan Aquifer SIR Well Head & Raw Water Main (IRCDUS Project ID 11.22.503), is being implemented in two (2) phases: Phase 1 is the drilling of the new well, and Phase 2 is construction of the wellhead and new raw water main (RWM) to Oslo WTP. On February 15, 2022, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved Work Order No.8 (WO 8) to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) pursuant to the Agreement for Professional Services for Water Plant and Water Resources Engineering Services (RFQ 2019070), dated November 5, 2019, to provide design, permitting, bid, and construction phase services for the S 1 R Project. On January 23, 2024, the BCC approved the award of Bid 2024024 to Florida Design Drilling, Inc. (FDD) for Phase 1 of the S 1 R Project. Phase 1 is now complete, and the project is transitioning to Phase 2. On October 8, 2024, KHA's WO 8 was amended to provide additional engineering services for bid and construction phase services, wildlife site survey, extended hydrogeologist work hours, and final project deliverables. ANALYSIS Upon completion of design for Phase 2 of the SIR Project, the Purchasing Division, on behalf of IRCDUS, advertised Invitation to Bid (ITB) 2025018 on December 1, 2024. A non -mandatory pre-bid meeting was held at the project site for prospective bidders on December 9, 2024. Three addenda were subsequently issued on Indian River County, Florida Page 1 of 3 Printed on 4/17/2025 powered by LegistarT" 187