REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: February 6, 2017 Report No. EPW-17-005
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Jeff Miller, Director of Engineering and Public Works
SUBJECT:
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Award of Construction Contract for Project 1 - Electrical Relocation, Esquimalt Town Square
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approves the awarding of Project 1 - Electrical Relocation, Esquimalt Town Square for a cost of $457,333.80 (inclusive of the GST) to Ralmax Contracting Ltd.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Not Applicable
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Resilient and Diverse Economy - Continue with remediation of proper and development of remediation plan
Well Managed and Maintained Infrastructure - Identify infrastructure repair and proactively plan for replacement needs
BACKGROUND:
Project 1 - Electrical Relocation, Esquimalt Town Square (ETS) is the first project that will be undertaken by the Township in its efforts to redevelop the site. The undertaking of this project is necessary in order to allow construction of the ETS structures. The project includes the following work:
* Relocation of backup power generator
* Relocation of fiber optic and copper communication infrastructure
* Relocation of power transformer
* Relocation of electric vehicle charging station
* Fire truck storage structure demolition and disposal (to be a change order upon award of contract)
The tender for this project was issued on January 4, 2017 and closed on January 20, 2017. A total of two bids were received. One of the bids was deemed to be a qualified bid as it did not contain the required bonding as laid out by the tender documents. With this being the case, the qualified bid was not evaluated in the evaluation process.
The remaining bid detailed the following information:
* Bidder = Ralmax Contracting Ltd.
* Bid = 457,333.80 (includes GST)
* Schedule = 140 days
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
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