SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a proposal from Construction Manager at Risk, The A.D. Morgan Corporation for Tampa, FL, for construction upgrades to the Compressed Natural Gas Filling Station in Clearwater for the guaranteed maximum price of $2,264,431.00; declare surplus on one natural gas powered compressor located at the filling station and authorize for disposal at auction in accordance with Clearwater Code of Ordinances Section 2.623 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
On September 17, 2020, Council approved the use of Construction Manager at Risk Services (CMAR) for Continuing Contracts with Ajax Building Co. LLC, Allstate Construction, Inc., Bandes Construction co., Inc., Biltmore Construction Co., Inc., Certus Builders, Inc., Creative Contractors, Inc., J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., J.O. DeLotto & Sons, Inc., Johnson-Laux Construction, LLC, Keystone Excavators, Inc., Khors Construction, Inc., The A.D. Morgan Corporation and Walbridge Aldinger, LLC for a period of four years.
These firms were selected in accordance with Florida Statutes 255.103 and 287.055 under Request for Qualifications #40-20 based upon construction experience, financial capability, availability of qualified staff, local knowledge, and involvement in the community.
This project is for upgrades to the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Filling Station, located at 1020 N. Hercules Ave, Clearwater. The A.D. Morgan Corporation was selected for this project based on their previous experience constructing the Pasco County School CNG station. The scope of work includes surplus & removal of the existing GazPack70 engine-driven compressor, originally installed in 2011 that is no longer functional and replace it with two new electric powered CNG compressors that will give additional capacity to the station. Other items include replacing two gas dispenser pumps with new dispensers that have credit card readers integrated within the dispenser. This will allow our outside customers to start using credit cards to pay for their gas usage, versus our accounting department manually billing the customers each month.
These upgrades will increase the station pumping capacity from 13 gas gallon equivalent (GGE) per minute to approximately 20 GGE per minute. This will decrease fueling times for the City Solid Waste trucks when multiple trucks are filling at the same time.
The Clearwater CNG station originally opened in October 2011. These upgrades are designed to ensure proper operation of the station over the next 10-15 years.
In addition, once the upgrade project is complete, CGS plans to solicit bids for a vendor to provide ongoing Operations & Maintenance at the CNG facility. This will ensure all equipment is maintained/serviced regularly and operate as designed over the life of the equipment. Once bids are evaluated, CGS will select a vendor and take the O&M contract to Council for approval.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
A third quarter budget amendment will provide a transfer of $560,000 in gas fund revenues to capital project 96387, Natural Gas Vehicle Station.