Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing Funding for an Amount Not to Exceed $350,000.00 and Awarding a Contract for the Construction of a Community Development Block Grant - Cares Act Project for Cotton Drive Water Line Improvements (West Broad St. to Wilson Dr.) to Excel 4 Construction, LLC (Utility Fund, Community Development Block Grant Program - Cares Act Entitlement Funds)
Requested Action
Consider the Resolution authorizing funding for an amount not to exceed $350,000.00 and awarding a contract for the construction of a Community Development Block Grant - Cares Act Project for Cotton Dr. Water Line Improvements (W. Broad to Wilson Dr.) to Excel 4 Construction, LLC.
Recommendation
The Engineering Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
Description/History
In response to combating the effects of COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated special Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Tarrant County, TX received a total of $6,430,388 in Community Development Block Grant - Care’s Act (CDBG-CV) Entitlement funds to be used to prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19.
Replacement of the water line along Cotton Dr. has been included in the Utility Capital Improvement Plan since 2015 and has been previously designed as part of the Westside Sewer and Water Improvements project. City staff submitted this project in June of 2022 to Tarrant County as a candidate for the above funding and was awarded $240,500 in CDBG-CV funds to contribute to the project funding.
The project was bid at the offices of Tarrant County Community Development on November 30, 2022 and there were four bidders for the project. Bids ranged from a low bid of $318,097.00 to a high bid of $530,303.35. The bid tabulation is attached. The lowest and best bidder was determined to be Excel 4 Construction, LLC. The contract time for this project is ninety (90) calenda...
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