City of Lawrence

Public Works Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:           March 29, 2005

TO:              Mike Wildgen

          City Manager

FROM:          Chuck Soules. P. E.

                   Director of Public Works

On March 15, 2005 the City of Lawrence opened proposals for the following:  

Project No. 73-CP19-1102(BD)

Folks Road, 6^th to Harvard Road

Street, Storm Sewer, Waterline Improvements

VENDOR	TOTAL  BID
Engineer’s Estimate	$925,366.00
M. L. Kelley Excavating	$536,368.80
R. D. Johnson	$599,218.40
LRM Industries	$643,460.50

The bid submitted by M. L. Kelley Excavating, LLC did not include an acceptable Bid Bond (proposal guarantee), was incomplete (did not include costs for a couple of the bid items, i.e. speed cushions) and has some inconsistencies with respect to costs for items such as pavement markings (for example, Section 1, Line 44), Construction Staking (Section 1, Line 50), Traffic Signal Improvements (Section 1, Line 49), and waterline construction (Section 4, Lines 4 and 5). 

Recommendation Action:

Reject bid from M. L. Kelley Excavating, LLC.  Approve bid from R. D. Johnson Excavating Company for Project No. 73-CP19-1102(BD), Folks Road, 6^th to Harvard Road, in the amount of $599,218.40 provided the contractor can meet the terms established in the contract documents.

cc:      Dave Corliss                               

          Debbie Van Saun                         

          Terese Gorman       

          Steve Lashley

          Tammy Bennett

          Frank Reeb

          Alan Landis