Title
Airport Fourth Parallel Runway South End-Around Taxiway Project
Action
Action:
A. Approve a contract in the amount of $136,914,188 to the lowest responsive bidder Ames Construction, Inc. for the Fourth Parallel Runway South End-Around Taxiway project, and
B. Approve contract amendment #1 for $7,915,103 for construction administration services to the contract with AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc. for the Fourth Parallel Runway South End-Around Taxiway project.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Haley Gentry, Aviation
Jack Christine, Aviation
Background
§ The Fourth Parallel Runway Program will enhance airfield capacity and operational efficiency and reduce the number of active runway crossings.
§ The Program consists of three major projects. This project includes the construction of a new taxiway that will provide aircraft the ability to continuously taxi around the south end of the two center runways and associated airside and landside elements in preparation for the future Runway 1C-19C.
§ The project is anticipated to be complete by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2027.
Explanation
Action A
§ This contract will provide for pavement demolition and replacement, grading and excavation, hauling, stormwater drainage, erosion and sediment control, pavement markings, utility relocation, airfield electrical, Federal Aviation Administration power and communications, and navigational aid improvements.
§ On June 27, 2024, the city issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB); one bid was received.
- NC General Statute 143-132 prohibits municipalities from awarding construction contracts over $500,000 without receiving at least three competitive bids from the initial advertisement of the contract. The city may subsequently award the contract even if readvertisements result in fewer than three competitive bids.
§ On August 21, 2024, the city re-issued an ITB; two bids were received.
§ Ames Construction, Inc. was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
Action B
§ On March 13, 2023, City Council approved a contract with AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc. in the amount of $6,999,826 to provide design services for the Fourth Parallel Runway Program South End-Around Taxiway Project.
§ Amendment #1 includes construction administration services, including design-related items such as submittal reviews, Request for Information responses, as-built final drawings, and material acceptance.
§ The new value of the contract including amendment #1 is $14,914,929.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Action A
Established DBE Goal: 18.00%
Committed DBE Goal: 18.01%
Ames Construction exceeded the established contract goal and has committed 18.01% ($24,664,102) of the bid amount to the following certified firms:
§ Airport Lighting Systems (DBE) ($973,078) (electrical supply)
§ Archangel Protective Services, Inc. (DBE) ($473,105) (flagging/escorts)
§ Axios Civil Solutions, LLC, (DBE) ($233,080) (dowels, cure, epoxy)
§ Bullzeye Equipment and Supply LLC. (DBE) ($8,577,137) (mechanical screen, RCP supply)
§ Capstone Civil Engineering, Inc. (DBE) ($402,226) (quality control)
§ Chambers Express Trucking, Inc. (DBE) ($681,214) (tucking)
§ Courtland, LLC (DBE) ($1,424,966) (rebar supply, form liner)
§ Danielle’s Approach (DBE) ($498,991) (navigational aids)
§ Empire Crushing, LLC (DBE) ($91,700) (rock sizing)
§ Erosion Supply Company (DBE) ($224,580) (erosion control)
§ Express Logistics (DBE) ($5,567,534) (concrete paving, aggregates, asphalt)
§ Millenium MISIR Trucking, Inc. (DBE) ($613,284) (wet batch trucking)
§ Pozzolanic Contracting and Supply Co, Inc. (DBE) ($1,513,991) (fly ash, cement)
§ Reynolds Fence and Guardrail, Inc. (DBE) ($214,634) (guardrail)
§ Standard Petroleum Logistics, Inc. (DBE) ($765,632) (fuel supply)
§ Traffic Control Safety Services, Inc. (DBE) ($1,108,745) (sweeping, traffic control, signs)
§ Tricor Construction, Inc. (DBE) ($1,300,205) (retaining walls)
Action B
All additional work involved in this amendment will be performed by AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc, and their existing subcontractors. AECOM has committed 19.46% ($2,902,613) of the total contract to the following DBE-Certified firms.
§ Airport Design Consultants, Inc. (DBE) ($311,600) (construction safety and phasing plan, phasing final design support services)
§ CES Group Engineers, LLP (DBE) ($564,000) (construction administration services, surveying, utility exploration, coordination)
§ Connico, LLC (DBE) ($153,342) (cost estimating, scheduling)
§ Landry Consulting, LLC ($85,123) (safety risk management panel, FAA coordination)
§ Walls Engineering, PLLC (DBE) ($1,788,548) (airfield electrical, lighting, navigational aids, construction administration services, approach lighting system design services)
Fiscal Note
Funding: Aviation Capital Investment Plan