Public Works recommends the bid for the Arterial Concrete Repair Park Boulevard – West City Limits to Preston Road project, be awarded to XIT Paving and Construction, Inc., in the amount of $2,066,495; to be accepted as the lowest responsive and responsible bid for the project, conditioned upon timely execution of all necessary documents. A total of 1,925 vendors were notified of the bid, nine (9) submitted a “No Bid” and eight (8) bids were submitted.
This project involves the repair of 8,500 square yards of arterial concrete street, 14,400 square feet of sidewalk and 68 barrier free ramps along a 2.8-mile stretch of Park Boulevard between West City Limits and Preston Road.
Public Works employs three options for different types of pavement repair needs. City staff typically handle smaller isolated repairs of significantly damaged street, sidewalk and alley paving. Utilizing city crews for these areas is more cost-effective than a third party due to costs of mobilization and economy of scale. Next, the Department utilizes Requirements Projects that are location based work orders to address moderate sized areas of disrepair. Staff creates work orders for these areas with higher quantities of concrete repair and traffic control than city crews are able to address. Staff also inspects the third party construction activities to ensure the work is performed to city specifications. Finally, larger areas of repair such as this project, are bid as separate arterial rehabilitation projects and neighborhood zone rehabilitation projects that cover several miles of infrastructure. Once concrete repairs are complete, a future thin overlay is planned for this roadway.
Public Works staff continually evaluate both the effectiveness of our street projects and feasibility to do more work with Public Works staff. At this time, sufficient yard/storage space, staff space, and equipment is not available for city staff to perform larger pavement rehabilitation projects, such as this arterial concrete rehabilitation project, and still address isolated areas for repair that cost the city more for private contractors to complete.
If this project is not awarded at Council, the arterial street and sidewalk repairs needed on Park Boulevard, between West City Limits and Preston Road, will not be repaired. This will result is elevated maintenance and replacement costs in the future. In addition, existing ADA compliance issues will not be repaired, leaving pedestrian facilities in an unsafe condition.
Engineer’s estimate for this project is $2,800,000.