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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.
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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 Charlotte Business INClusion (CBI) Program goal.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Established SBE Goal: 12.00%
Committed SBE Goal: 12.00%
Sealand Contractors Corp. met the established SBE subcontracting goal, and has committed 12.00% ($296,868.15) of the total contract amount to the following certified firms (Part B: Section 3 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy):
§ On Time Construction, Inc. (SBE) ($102,780) (concrete, masonry)
§ Miami Trucking, L.L.C. (SBE) ($31,485) (hauling)
§ Jones Grading & Fencing, Inc. (SBE, MBE) ($23,796) (clearing and grubbing)
§ Martin Landscaping Co. (SBE) ($13,025.15) (landscaping)
§ Maybury Fencing Inc. (SBE) ($12,773) (fence installation)
§ Erosion Defence LLC (SBE) ($9,417.75) (erosion control)
§ Darnell Jones Trucking, Inc (SBE, MBE) ($49,950) (hauling)
§ Streeter Trucking Company, Inc. (SBE, MBE) ($49,945) (hauling)
§ Striping Concepts, LLC (SBE) ($3,696.25) (erosion control)
Established MBE Goal: 5.00%
Committed MBE Goal: 5.00%
Sealand Contractors Corp. met the established MBE subcontracting goal, and has committed 5.00% ($123,691) of the total contract amount to the following certified firms (Part B: Section 3 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy):
§ Darnell Jones Trucking, Inc (SBE, MBE) ($49,950) (hauling)
§ Streeter Trucking Company, Inc. (SBE, MBE) ($49,945) (hauling)
§ Jones Grading & Fencing, Inc. (SBE, MBE) ($23,796) (clearing and grubbing)
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Capital Investment Plan and Charlotte Water Capital Investment Plan
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