DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Budget & Admin Services
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26-182, Award, Ackerman Vacuum Zones 1 and 2 - Plumbing Contract 5 (Utilities)
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
recommendation
Recommended Action:
Approve award of Request for Bid #26-182, Ackerman Vacuum Sewer Zones 1 and 2 - Plumbing Contract 5, to the lowest responsive, responsible, bidder, Quality Plumbing of Sarasota, located in Bradenton, Florida, in the amount of $315,420. This is to furnish and install all piping and appurtenances, abandon septic tanks, and restore affected property to successfully connect approximately 100 properties in the Phase 2 - Ackerman Countryman Plumbing Contract Zones 1 and 2 area to the vacuum central sewer system.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. Budgeted in the “Ackerman Septic to Sewer and Water Expansion” project as part of the Charlotte Harbor Water Quality Initiative as adopted in the FY26 budget process. Funding will be supplied from the Ackerman MSBU Fund through Ackerman Sewer MSBU Assessments and Base Rates
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
The purpose of this bid is to secure the services of a licensed Contractor to furnish and install all piping and appurtenances, abandon septic tanks, and restore affected property to successfully connect approximately 100 properties in the Phase 2 - Ackerman Countryman Plumbing Contract Zones 1 and 2 area to the vacuum central sewer system.
After review and evaluation of the bid received, it has been determined to be in the best interest of the County to award the Ackerman Vacuum Sewer Zones 1 and 2 - Plumbing Contract 5 to the lowest responsive, responsible, bidder, Quality Plumbing of Sarasota, located in Bradenton, Florida, in the amount of $315,420.
Contract time is 120 calendar days, with liquidated damages of $1,170 per calendar day.
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