THE CORPORATION OF THE
CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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MEMORANDUM

TO: BoR. Kirk July 16, 1987
City Administrator

FROM: TM. Chong, Peo Eng.,
Deputy City Engineer/
Operations Manager

4 SUBJECT: Tender for Reconstruction of Pitt River Road ~ Public
i Works Committee July 14, 1987

Recommendation:

That the PItt River Road Reconstruction Project be awarded
+o the lowest tender, Bel Construction, at a bid price of

$404,394.

Background and Comments:

Tenders for the reconstruction of Pitt River Road from the
Coquitiam River to Shaughnessy Street were recelved and opened
on July 10, 1987. Four tenders wers submitted. The attached
letter dated July 13, 1987 prepared by Associated Engineering
L+d summarizes the tender results and recommends that the
project be awarded to Bal Construction Ltd, the lowest tender,
with a bid price of $404,394. The Public Works Committees

¥, agrees with Associated Engineering Ltd's recommendation.

With the awarding of this tender to Bel Construction the
projected final cost (rounded off to the nearest $1,000) as
provided by Associated Engineering Ltd is as follows:

1. Project Tender Prices » « © 6» © © © «© @ « $405,000
2. Design Fees « » © © « © » @ © © © & © @ ® 16,000
3, Contract Inspection and Administrations » 29,000
‘ &. Gas Relocation. © « « * » « # «© © «© @ @ @ 16,000
| 5. Pale Relocations (Hydro and Telephone). -« 17,000

Projected Final Cost: $483,000

Based upon the estimate provided by Associated Engineering
Ltd, Council has previously approved $440,900 in the 1987
Budget for this project. Although the projected project cost
appears to be some $42,000 over the budgeted amount, Council]
should note that bulit into the tender price Is an estimated
$20,000 of contingency funds according to our consultant.
There Its also an approved Highways Grant for one half of the

final project cost to a maximum of $250,000. In other words,

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