Ordinance No. 10,669ORDINANCE NO. 10,669
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, APPROVING THE BAWA RAW WATERLINE PROJECT
BETWEEN THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY AND ALVIN
CONTRACTING; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority ("BAWA")
advertised for bids for the BAWA Raw Waterline Project to be received on May 22,2007; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and where the contract
would be let was published in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at the Baytown Area Water
Authority's Fritz Lanham Water Treatment Facility on May 22, 2007, as per published notice to
bidders; and
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2007, BAWA only received one bid, which was higher than the
engineering estimate; and
WHEREAS, BAWA then re-advertised for bids for the BAWA Raw Waterline Project to
be received on June 28,2007; and
WHEREAS, notice to bidders as to the time and place, when and where the contract
would be let was published in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, all bids were opened and publicly read at the Baytown Area Water
Authority's Fritz Lanham Water Treatment Facility on June 28, 2007, as per published notice to
bidders; and
WHEREAS, BAWA received five bids; the lowest bidder submitted a bid of SEVENTY-
SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($76,460.00), which
was a savings of NINETEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($19,540.00); and
WHEREAS, on July 18, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water
Authority rejected the bid received on May 22,2007, for the BAWA Raw Waterline Project, and
accepted the bid of Alvin Contracting for the Project, including Alternate Bid Item No. 1, in the
sum of SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($76,460.00); and
WHEREAS, the legislation creating BAWA requires that the City Council of the City of
Baytown approve contracts entered into by BAWA; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baytown believes that such contract is
desirable, fair, and advantageous, for the performance of the BAWA's rights and powers; 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, Texas, hereby approves the
BAWA Raw Waterline Project, including Alternate Bid Item No. 1, between the Baytown Area
Water Authority and Alvin Contracting.
Section 2: 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/<Jte of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 26th day of July, 2007.
STE/HEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
LORRICOODY, City Clerk
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'iGmCXO RAMIREZ/ Attorney