HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 PROJECT 600103 08-03-98AGENDA- :
DATE:
NO. 6
.,,' ?-3-98
Inter-Oom
AUGUST 3, 1998
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/WATER SERVICES DIVISION
AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR DRILLING OF MAIN STREET WELL NO. 4
(PROJECT NO. 600103)
SUMMARY
This action is a request for authorization to award a construction contract for the drilling of Main Street
Well No. 4 at the Main Street water facilities site.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Tustin City Council award the contract for the subject project to Bakersfield
Well & Pump Company of Bakersfield, California, in the amount of $303,068.
FISCAL IMPACT
The amount of this contract is $303,068. Them is currently $1,016,400 remaining in the 1997/98 budget
allocated for completion of this project. This well will be constructed under, the Orange County Water
District (OCWD) conjunctive use well construction program as authorized in the agreement approved by
the City Council on October 21,' 1996. The City will be reimbursed for expenses as they occur. Once
the well is operating, the City will repay OCWD for capital costs over the next 20 years based on an
interest rate of 3.5%. The water supply from this well will reduce the City's annual water production
expenses by $200,000 per year.
BACKGROUND
The drilling of the replacement water well was budgeted as a Water Capital Improvement Program
project within fiscal year 1997/98. This project (No. 600103) consists of constructing a new water well
at the Main Street Plant which will replace Main Street Well NO. 2. The City Council authorized
advertisement and soliciting bids for this project on June 1, 1998.
Bids were opened on July 8, 1998 for subject project and four bids were received as follows:
1. Bakersfield Well & Pump Company ........................................................... $303,068.00
2. Layne Christensen Company ....................................................................... $319,000.00
3. Beylik Drilling, Inc ...................................................................................... $326,000.00
4. Rottman Drilling Company ......................................................................... $387,245.25
The low bid by Bakersfield Well & Pump Company is 12.2% under the engineer's estimate of $345,290.
The Contractor's references have been verified and past job performance has been satisfactory.
DISCUSSION:
Plans and specifications for the subject well replacement were prepared by Richard C. Slade &
Associates (Slade), reviewed and approved by City staff.
During the preliminary design phases of the project, Slade recommended that the new well not be drilled
in the site originally selected due to its close proximity to existing active and previously abandoned
wells. The City Council subsequently authorized the purchase of the adjacent property at 275 E. Main
Street on which the new well will be drilled.
The well will be constructed in two phases. The first phase, to be completed under this contract, will be
the drilling and construction of the subsurface facilities. Once'the drilling and testing are complete, and
the water quality and flow of the well are known, final design of the wellhead facilities will be
completed and a second contract will be issued for construction of those facilities.
Following is the anticipated schedule for completion of the project:
Award of Contract .................................................. : ................................................ 08/03/98
Begin Construction ................................................... : ............................................. 08/31/98
Complete Construction ........................................................................................... 01/05/99
Tim D. Serlet ~
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Gary R. V eeh '
Water Services Manager
TDS:GRV:klb/CITY COUNCIL: Award of Main Street Well No. 4 Drilling