Item Coversheet
  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
MEETING DATE: 10/12/2020
DEPARTMENT:Engineering
DIRECTOR:B. Caleb Thornhill, P.E., Director of Engineering
AGENDA ITEM:Award a bid in the amount of $1,184,431 for Legacy Drive at Dallas North Tollway Pedestrian Crossing Project No. 6867
RECOMMENDED ACTION:Award/Rejection of Bid/Proposal

ITEM SUMMARY

RFB No. 2020-0478-B for Legacy Drive at Dallas North Tollway Pedestrian Crossing, Project No. 6867, for the Engineering Department to Joel Brown & Co. LLC dba J.B. & Co., LLC in the amount of $1,184,431; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

BACKGROUND

The Engineering Department accepted bids on July 30, 2020 for the Legacy Drive at the Dallas North Tollway  Pedestrian Crossing, Project 6867. The project includes the construction of a brick paver sidewalk, landscape planter bed, concrete traffic barrier, shade structures and decorative pedestrian fence. 

 

The lowest responsive, responsible bid was submitted by Joel Brown & Co. LLC dba J.B. & Co., LLC in the amount of $1,184,431.  There were a total of 1,039 vendors notified of this project. Two (2) complete bids were received for the project as shown in the attached bid recap. 
 
If this project is not awarded, the pedestrian crossing connecting the east and west sides of the Legacy development will continue to have pedestrian safety and aesthetic concerns, further approximately $340,000 in federal funding will be forfeited.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS

Funding for this item is available in the 2020-21 Street Improvements CIP.  Construction services for the pedestrian crossing at Legacy Drive and Dallas North Tollway Pedestrian Crossing, in the total estimated amount of $1,184,431, will leave a project balance of $206,025 for future expenditures. 

 

Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government with Multi-Modal Transportation and Mobility Solutions.         

ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
Bid Recap10/5/2020Bid Recap
Location Map9/23/2020Map