MEMORANDUM

Date:	July 13, 2005
To:	Mike Wildgen, City Manager
From:	Alan D. Landis, Purchasing Specialist
On July 12, 2005, the City of Lawrence opened proposals for the following:

#0523 – 2005 ROOT CONTROL PROGRAM – UTILITIES DEPARTMENT

VENDOR	TOTAL BID
Duke’s Root Control	$.99 ft.
Utility Maintenance Contractors	No bid

Utilities Department requested bids for the 2005 root control program.  The root control program is outsourced work that involves putting foam in sanitary sewer lines to prevent root growth and the resulting sewer backups.  We requested bids from 7 vendors to treat +/- 64,500’ of 8” pipe.  Duke’s Root Control, the sole bidder, is the contractor that has been doing the work for the past 3 years.  The Utilities Department put the program up for bid, with an option to renew for 2 additional years in order to obtain the most competitive price for the work.  This purchase was approved in the 2005 budgeting process.

Recommendation:

Approve bid from Duke’s Root Control for the 2005 Root Control Program to treat

 +/- 64,500’ of 8” pipe at $.99 ft. totaling $63,855.00. (Utilities/Collection Systems)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Roger Coffey
	Frank Reeb	Jim Stuit
	Bobbie Walthall	Dave Wagner
	Diane Trybom	Bob Brower