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South End Station Project Specialty Construction Materials
Action
Action:
Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Stacy Witbeck for the purchase of specialty materials for the South End Station Project.
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Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Kelly Goforth, CATS
Todd Thorne, CATS
Explanation
§ The South End Station Project will construct a new light rail station and Rail Trail improvements on the LYNX Blue Line between the New Bern and East/West Boulevard Stations located in Council District 3.
§ On June 24, 2024, the city entered into a contract with Stacy Witbeck for Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) pre-construction services to assist with the design of South End Station.
§ Stacy Witbeck, in collaboration with the project team, has identified specialty construction materials that require extended lead times of up to 16 months between placing orders and receiving deliveries.
§ These materials include specialty trackwork, overhead catenary system poles, a signal house structure, and signal materials. To avoid delays to the construction schedule, these items must be ordered prior to executing a construction contract.
§ CATS estimates that the cost of these materials is $3,591,998. Stacy Witbeck, as the project’s CMAR, is in the best position to procure these materials.
§ City Council will be asked to approve a contract with Stacy Witbeck to construct the Track and Systems package based on a Guaranteed Maximum Price to be negotiated later this year.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
This project is a Construction Manager at Risk, the Construction Manager Stacy Witbeck has the opportunity to add Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms throughout the life of the Project. The city will work with the Construction Manager Stacy Witbeck to establish subcontracting goals for this Construction Manager at Risk contract once the scopes of work and bid packages are defined. This current purchase is for specialized construction materials supplies.
Fiscal Note
Funding: CATS Capital Investment Plan
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