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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6006738 (Project DWS-969), with LGC Global, Inc., for Inspection, Rehabilitation & Replacement of Sewers Within the West Jefferson Avenue Neighborhood, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $17,865,948.00 and a term of 546 calendar days. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of November 20, 2024
Item No.: 2024-221
Contract No. 6006738 (DWS-969)
Contractor: LGC Global, Inc. (DHB, DBB)
Address: 7310 Woodward Ave Ste 500, Detroit MI 48202
Contract Amount: $17,865,948.00
Contract Term (Tentative): 4/14/2025 - 10/12/2026 (546 calendar days)
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD Contract No. 6006738 (DWS-969)
Inspection, Rehabilitation & Replacement of Sewers Within the West Jefferson Avenue Row from Brennan Avenue to Rosa Parks Boulevard
LGC Global, Inc.
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Marqaicha Welch, Procurement Manager, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6006738 (Project DWS-969), with LGC Global, Inc., for Inspection, Rehabilitation & Replacement of Sewers Within the West Jefferson Avenue Neighborhood, for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $17,865,948.00 and a term of 546 calendar days. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION
In July of 2023, a cave-in at West Jefferson and Campbell was caused by soil migration into a DWSD-operated combined sewer. This cave-in necessitated an emergency repair by GLWA in order to preserve a nearby 42” GLWA-operated water main. This 42” water main is the only feed to the wastewater treatment plant. This emergent situation prompted GLWA to conduct inspections of all sewers in similar situations along the West Jefferson Right-of-Way where the 42” water main resides. GLWA’s investigation identified in deficiencies with several DWSD assets, including structural defects and cross-bores.
The intent of this contract is to clean, catalog, assess the condition, determine rehabilitation strategies, design (if needed), and rehabilitate all DWSD assets in the West Jefferson Right-of-Way. Work will be conducted under DWSD Standard Specifications and has an accelerated timeline due to the urgent nature of this work.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The objective of the proposed Contract No. 6006738 consists of the following, Within the West Jefferson Avenue Row from Brennan Avenue to Rosa Parks Boulevard basis:
A. Sewer inspection by means of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and/or multi sensor platforms.
B. Cleaning and rehabilitation of circular and non-circular storm and sanitary sewers up to 96-inch in size by method of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), spray lining, cementitious grouting, and chemical grouting.
C. Conducting Laser and Sonar sewer inspection and submit for DWSD’s review the accompanying PACP reports and profiles of the multi sensor sewer inspection. The Contractor shall also provide DWSD any/all software required to read and manipulate the multi sensor reports and data submitted with the reports.
D. Perform review of video inspection and recommend repair methods including design calculations and backup for the repair method chosen, if any.
E. Repairing sewer cave-ins and point repairs of circular and non-circular storm and sanitary sewers by open-cut method of excavating the damaged portion of the pipeline and replacing it with a new pipe.
F. Providing earth retention shafts and insertion and access pits, as needed, for manned or unmanned access to the sewer or point repairs.
G. Providing manhole inspection, cleaning, repairs, and replacements including structure repair, grouting, lining, and restoration work.
H. Performing dye testing of sewer laterals, sewer structures, and cave-ins to determine connectivity and infiltration.
I. Coordinating and/or performing utility re-routes including but not limited to water mains. Water main re-routes include design and permits for both the Sewer and Water Assets required. This includes, but is not limited to, EGLE and DPW permits.
J. Performing site cleanup and restoration including surface restoration of pavement, curbs, sidewalks, driveways, and lawns.
K. Additional work as defined in the bid schedule and measurement and payment descriptions.
PROCUREMENT METHOD
This procurement was competitively solicited through a Request for Bids (RFB) per Requisition 522643,
which was fully approved by Budget on 7/19/24. The RFB was advertised on the Michigan Inter-Governmental Trade Network (MITN) BidNet website for 47 calendar days (7/24/24 - 9/9/24). MITN published this opportunity to 1272 companies and 67 firms downloaded the bid package. In addition to posting on MITN, Procurement sent email notices to approximately 89 firms. Additional vendor outreach was performed by DWSD staff in an attempt to connect with firms that have not done business with DWSD in the past in an effort to expand the DWSD vendor pool.
The Engineer’s Estimate for this work is $12,579,678.75
Two bids were received:
|
Bidder |
Total Bid Price |
Equal. Applied |
Equal. Credit |
Equal. Bid Total |
|
LGC Global, Inc. |
$17,865,948.00 |
DHB - 1.0% |
($178,659.48) |
$17,687,288.52 |
|
Major Contracting Group |
$25,800,700.00 |
DHB - 1.0% |
($258,007.00) |
$25,542,693.00 |
After the bids were reviewed, the lowest equalized bidder is LGC Global, Inc.; their bid included all required information and was deemed responsive and responsible. LGC Global, Inc., is a Detroit Based Business (DBB) & Detroit Headquartered Business (DHB). Therefore, it is recommended that LGC Global, Inc. be awarded the contract resulting from the RFB for DWS-969 in the amount of $17,865,948.00 and for a term of 546 calendar days. The bid tab, responsiveness evaluation, equalization analysis, and bid was sent to the Construction and Engineering Division.
LGC Global, Inc. clearances expire on 12/06/24 and the formal contract document has been sent to the vendor for review and signature.
SUMMARY
A. Contract No.: 6006738 (DWS-969)
B. Contractor: LGC Global, Inc.
C. Contract Term (Tentative): 4/14/2025 - 10/12/2026 (546 calendar days)
D. Contract Amount: $17,865,948.00
E. Anticipated FY Breakdown: FY 24-25: $2,000,000.00
FY 25-26: $9,000,000.00
FY 26-27: $6,865,948.00
F. Funding Source: CIP Funds
G. GL String: 5831-20310-497800-617900-900402-30129-0000-000000 - 100% Sewer
Per DWSD procurement protocol, City Council and Mayoral Review will also be obtained.