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Award a Bid and Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Contract for the Construction of the Homestead and Seawell School Roads Sidewalk Improvements Project.
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Staff:
Department:
Lance Norris, Director
Public Works
Chris Roberts, Manager of Engineering and Infrastructure
Overview: The purpose of this item is to recommend that the Council award a bid to Carolina Sunrock, LLC for the construction of the Homestead and Seawell School Roads Sidewalk Improvements Project The project consists of 10' wide sidewalk additions to both sides of Homestead Road from its intersection with Weaver Dairy Road Extension to Seawell School Road. There will also be a sidewalk addition to Seawell School Road where it is missing near Homestead Road.
Recommendations:
That the Council:
? Adopt the attached resolution awarding a bid and authorizing the Town Manager to execute a contract with the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, Carolina Sunrock, LLC, in an amount of the submitted bid of $3,241,783.03.
* Authorize the Town Manager to approve change orders as necessary provided that the contract cost remains within the budgeted amount.
Key Issues
* Homestead Road has seen many years of growth with several new residential developments around this project.
* The cost of the project includes a contribution from North Carolina Department of Transportation in the amount of $1,040,000 with the Town's local match of $260,000.
* The project will also include improvements on Seawell School Road near the intersection of Homestead Road.
* The Town advertised the project for bid on March 14, 2023 and held a non-mandatory pre-bid conference on March 24, 2023. The Town only received two bids on April 11, 2023, which is less than the minimum three bids required to open the bids as required per NCGS 143-132.
* The Town re-advertised the project for bid on April 18, 2023 and held a non-mandatory pre-bid conference on April 28, 2023. The Town received two bids on May 10, 2023. ...
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