BAWA Resolution No. 2019-22RESOLUTION NO. 2019-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN
AREA WATER AUTHORITY AWARDING THE FRITZ LANHAM
SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CHEMICAL FEED
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT TO LEM CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., IN AN
AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,261,750.00);
MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Baytown Area Water Authority advertised for bids for the Fritz Lanham
Surface Water Treatment Plant Chemical Feed Improvements Project (the "Project") to be
received on October 10, 2019; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and where the bids would
be publicly opened and read aloud was published; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at the Fritz Lanham Water Treatment
Plant on Tuesday, October 10, 2019, as per published notice to bidders; and
WHEREAS, after considering the recommendation of BAWA's engineer, the Board
believes that awarding the bid to LEM Construction Co., Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, will
be most advantageous to BAWA and will result in the best and most economical completion of
the Project; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA
WATER AUTHORITY:
Section 1: That the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority hereby
accepts the bid of LEM Construction Co., Inc., for the Fritz Lanham Surface Water Treatment
Plant Chemical Feed Improvements Project according to the plans and specifications set forth by
BAWA's Engineer for the Base Bid, and Alternate Bid 1 in an amount of THREE MILLION
TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($3,261,750.00), which amount includes FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($55,000.00) for owner's contingency; and authorizes payment thereof, and the
General Manager and the Assistant Secretary of the Baytown Area Water Authority are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with LEM Construction Co., Inc., for
the above -described project, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and requirements
of BAWA's engineer and appropriate bond requirements in accordance with the provisions of
Texas Government Code, Chapter 2253.
Section 2 : That the General Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve
any change order involving a decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($50,000.00) or less; however, the aggregate of the change orders may not
increase or decrease the original contract price by more than twenty-five percent (25%).
Section 3: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by
the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors
of the Baytown Area Water Authority this the 11 t,, day of December, 2019.
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BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH, President
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LETICIA BRYSCH, Ass' ant Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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