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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION
AGENDA DATE:September 12, 2017
SUBJECT:

Award Bid and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc. for the Construction of Ridgeview Drive from Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Boulevard in the Amount of $4,431,951.

STAFF RESOURCE:

Chris Flanigan, Director of Engineering

PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:

On October 25, 2016, City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Professional Service Contract with Dannenbaum Engineering in the amount of $484,550 for the Design of the Ridgeview Drive Paving and Drainage Improvements from Chelsea Boulevard to the West

ACTION PROPOSED:Award Bid and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc. for the Construction of Ridgeview Drive from Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Boulevard in the Amount of $4,431,951.



BACKGROUND

Ridgeview Drive is a major arterial running parallel to SH 121 and represents a general distinction between residential development and commercial use.  Ultimately, this roadway will be a six-lane divided thoroughfare.  This contract will construct four lanes of Ridgeview Drive from where it ends today (approximately 1100 feet east of Waters Road), a six-lane bridge across Cottonwood Creek, and four lanes from Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Boulevard. This improvement will serve as a key connection for the recently opened Preston Elementary School at the southwest quadrant of Ridgeview Drive and Chelsea Boulevard.

On August 23, 2017, a total of nine (9) bids were received for this project and the lowest three (3) bidders are as follows: 

 Solicitation #2017-7-109
 Contractor  Bid
 Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc.  $ 4,431,950.60
 RKM Utility Services, Inc.  $ 4,466,129.68
 Rebcon Inc.  $ 4,889,732.56

BUDGETARY IMPACT

The bid award falls within the allocated budget for this project within the existing Capital Improvement Plan.  The portion funded from Collin County is the final amount previously allocated to the City of Allen from the Collin County Bond Program to support partnerships with cities to fund arterial roadway construction.

 

ST1701 - Ridgeview Drive (Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Blvd)

Proposed Funding

Fund

Amount

FY17 BOND ISSUANCE

$3,000,000

PRIOR YEARS BOND ISSUANCE

$500,925

WATER IMPACT

$353,431

SEWER IMPACT

$134,200

COLLIN COUNTY BOND -Arterial Rd Partnership

$443,394.60

TOTAL

$4,431,950.60


STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council award bid and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc. for the Construction of Ridgeview Drive from Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Boulevard in the Amount of $4,431,951.


MOTION

I make a motion to award bid and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc. for the Construction of Ridgeview Drive from Cottonwood Creek to Chelsea Boulevard in the Amount of $4,431,951.



ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Standard Form of Agreement
Prevailing Proposal
Location Map