Ordinance No. 10,576ORDINANCE NO. 10,576
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
REJECTING THE BIDS FOR THE NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PLANT OFFSITE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, PACKAGE ONE RECEIVED
ON JANUARY 23, 2007; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INTERIM CITY
MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST TO A CONTRACT
WITH GEORGE CONSTRUCTION, INC., FOR THE NORTHEAST WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT OFFSITE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROJECT, PACKAGE
ONE; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF A SUM NOT TO EXCEED FOUR MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN
AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($4,736,187.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED
THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown advertised for bids for the Northeast Wastewater Treatment
Plant Offsite Collection System Project, Package One to be received on January 23, 2007; 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 pursuant to provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at City Hall at 11:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday,
January 23, 2007, as per published notice to bidders; and
WHEREAS, due to the bids received and the City's budget for the project, the City of Baytown
advertised again for bids for the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant Offsite Collection System Project,
Package One to be received on March 28, 2007; and
WHEREAS, for this second request for bids, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and
where the bids would be publicly opened and read aloud was published pursuant to provisions of Texas
Local Government Code Annotated § 252.041; and
WHEREAS, all bids received in response to this second request for bids were opened and publicly
read at City Hall at 2:00 o'clock p.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2007, as per published notice to bidders;
NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby rejects all bids that were
received at 11:00 o'clock a.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2007, as per the published notice to bidders.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby accepts the bid of George
Construction, Inc., for the base and alternate bid items for the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Offsite Collection System Project, Package One according to the plans and specifications set forth by the
City's Engineer, and authorizes payment of an amount not to exceed FOUR MILLION SEVEN
HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($4,736,187.00) based upon the unit prices specified in the bid, and the Interim City Manager and the City
Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed to execute and attest to a contract with George
Construction, Inc., for the above-described project, said contract containing the plans, specifications, and
requirements of the City's Engineer and appropriate bond requirements in accordance with the provisions
of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2253.
Section 3: That pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code Annotated
§ 252.048, the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change order involving a
decrease or an increase in costs of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000.00)
or less, subject to the provision that the original contract price may not be increased by more than
twenty-five percent (25%) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) without the consent of
the contractor to such decrease.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City
Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of $6 City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 12lh day of April, 2007.
o 1 STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Cm Attorney
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