Title
Construct State Street Pedestrian Improvement Project
Action
Action:
A. Reject the low-bid by Red Clay Industries, Inc. for State Street Pedestrian Improvement Project, and
B. Approve a contract in the amount of $866,926.25 to the lowest responsive bidder United of Carolinas, Inc. for the State Street Pedestrian Improvement Project.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, General Services
David Wolfe, General Services
Lamar Davis, General Services
Explanation
* This contract includes construction services for the State Street Pedestrian Improvement Project, identified in the West Trade/Rozzelles Ferry Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program (CNIP), located in Council District 2.
* The project boundaries are from South Turner Avenue to the dead end at the "Five Points" intersection (Rozzelles Ferry Road, Beatties Ford Road, West Trade Street, Fifth Street).
* This project will provide cyclists and pedestrians a safe route to and from the proposed and current Stewart Creek Greenway, Martin Luther King Park, city LYNX Gold Line Streetcar, Johnson C. Smith University and businesses serving the neighborhood.
* Construction will include sidewalks, curb, gutter, street resurfacing, drainage improvements, traffic calming features, planting strips with street trees and high visibility crosswalks at key intersections on State Street.
* On April 10, 2019, the city issued an Invitation to Bid; four bids were received.
* United of Carolinas, Inc. was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
* The project is anticipated to be complete by fourth quarter 2020.
Reject Low-Bid Explanation
? Red Clay Industries, Inc.'s bid in the amount of $783,689.38 was found to be non-responsive as a result of failing to meet the city's Charlotte Business INClusion (CBI) Program goal.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Established SBE Goal: 16.00%
Committed SBE Goal: 16.00%
United of Carolinas, Inc. met the established SBE subcontracting goal, and has com...
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