ITEM TITLE:
Approval of a Contract with SD Construction LLC, for New Water Well #5 Pumping Station in the Amount of $3,607,060.00
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Benda, Senior Project Manager
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $3,607,060
Unencumbered Balance: $4,540,000
Funding Source: 310-2538-58000
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Contract with SD Construction, LLC, in the amount of $3,607,060.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The New Well 5 Pumping Station was out to bid for ninety-seven days, and three (3) bids were submitted. SD Construction, LLC of Palmer, AK submitted the low bid of $3,607,060. The project consists of constructing a new well house building, associated site work, underground piping, controls and installation of electrical transformer, and emergency generator with load bank. This new wellhouse will be located near the elementary school and pump water to the tank on Meals Hill. The well was drilled in 2022, and this project will make that well operational.
Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2026 and be completed by December 2026.
The project is funded by remaining GO22 bond proceeds.