Bids for the pipe that will tie Melissa's water system to its new East Water Take Point ranged from about $9.3 million to more than $17.4 million, according to the packet for the City Council's special meeting Tuesday evening.
Fifteen firms answered the city's call for the East Water Facility Distribution Main, and all 15 bids were complete and met the minimum qualifications, engineering firm WSB wrote in an Oct. 27 recommendation letter to City Manager Jason Little. The bids were opened Oct. 12.
The job calls for roughly 3 miles of 30-inch water pipe. Contractors priced three pipe materials: ductile iron, PVC and bar-wrapped concrete. Staff recommends ductile iron.
The numbers
Acadia Services LLC was lowest at $9,313,428 for the ductile iron option, with a 180-day schedule. The next-closest offers came from Mountain Cascade of Texas at $9,789,727 and Blue Star Utilities at $10,019,649. The highest was Western Municipal Construction at $17,438,953.
Proposed schedules varied as much as the prices, from 67 days to 592 days.
WSB said it reviewed Acadia's staff and organization and called references. The letter lists recent Acadia work for Graham, Krum and McKinney, says the references reported satisfactory performance, and notes the contractor has done earlier projects for Melissa. WSB recommended the award to Acadia, and the staff report from City Engineer Nolan Harvey does the same.
