SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Increase Purchase Order 900078, in the amount of $1,000,000, with JW Harris Contractors to provide the installation of natural gas mains and service lines and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
JW Harris Contractors, Inc., located at 3448 Crystal Springs Rd, Zephyrhills, FL, has been working with Clearwater Gas System (CGS) with excellent results. JW Harris is our primary contractor and due to an increase in construction primarily in Pasco County additional funds are needed to meet the construction demands through March 2019.
CGS has issued a new construction bid in February 2019 for council approval effective April 1, 2019. This new bid will be structured to meet CGS’s annual construction needs.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funds are available in capital improvement projects 96378, Pasco New Mains and Service Lines and 96377, Pinellas New Mains & Service lines to fund this contract.