Title
Construct Yellowstone Zebulon Street Connectivity Project
Action
Action:
A. Reject the low-bid by Blythe Construction, Inc. for the Yellowstone Zebulon Street Connectivity Project, and
B. Approve a contract in the amount of $2,473,819.38 to the lowest responsive bidder Sealand Contractors Corp. for the Yellowstone Zebulon Street Connectivity 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 Yellowstone Zebulon Street Connectivity project, identified in the West Trade/Rozzelles Ferry Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program (CNIP), located in Council District 2.
* Included in the project are a new roadway, street resurfacing, bridge, 12-foot-wide multi-use path, sidewalks and pedestrian lighting from the Rozzelles Ferry Road/Zebulon Avenue intersection to the Yellowstone Drive/Coronet Way intersection.
* This CNIP project will provide residents, Johnson C. Smith University students and commercial property owners with a safe route to the proposed and current Stewart Creek Greenway, Martin Luther King Park, CityLYNX Gold Line West Trade station and the future development of Old Savona Mills.
* The project will encourage private development along Rozzelles Ferry Road and at the business park on Zebulon Avenue, and will connect the Biddleville and Eleanore Heights neighborhoods.
* A water pipe rehabilitation project, funded by Charlotte Water, is being coordinated with this project to minimize disruptions.
* On April 1, 2019, the city issued an Invitation to Bid; four bids were received.
* Sealand Contractors Corp. was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
* The project is anticipated to be complete by third quarter 2021.
Reject Low-Bid Explanation
? Blythe Construction, Inc.'s bid in the amount of $2,369,035.20 was found to be non-responsive as a result of failing to meet the city's Cha...
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