FINANCIAL BUSINESS REQUEST (FBR)
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to grant a Bid Waiver to Goliath Structural Steel Maintenance, LLC of Carver Massachusetts, in the amount of $32,500 for the Roof Cleaning and Recoating of the Ledyard Center Water Storage Tank, due to the lack of receiving the required three bids in accordance with Ordinance #200-001 (rev 1) "An Ordinance for Purchasing".
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Background:
On behalf of the Water Pollution Control Authority Groton Utilities solicited bids to clean and recoat the Ledyard Center Water Tank. (Please see attached proposal).
Because only one bid was received the WPCA has requested a Bid Waiver Goliath Structural Steel Maintenance, LLC of Carver Massachusetts, in the amount of $32,500.
Per Ordinance #200-001 (rev 1) "An Ordinance for Purchasing", for goods and services over the amount of $15,000 three bids were required. If three bids were not received a bid waiver may be granted by the Town Council.
At a May 4, 2005 Referendum the townspeople approved Five Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand ($5,950,000) for design and installation of watermain along Route 117 and various related improvements. The project included the installation of approximately 15,500 linear feet of 16 inch watermain along Route 117 from the Ledyard/Groton town line to Colonel Ledyard Highway and approximately 2,900 linear feet of 16 inch watermain along Route 117 from Ledyard Center Elementary School to Ledyard Village at Ledyard Center; installation of a meter pit at the beginning of the new watermain at the Ledyard/Groton town line; and the installation of a 1.25 million gallon steel tank, with concrete foundation on Town owned property at Ledyard Center behind Ledyard Center Elementary school,
The construction of the Ledyard Center Water Storage Tank was completed in 2009. The WPCA has been annually setting funds aside in their Capital Account for the maintenance of the Water Storage Tank.
The Ledyard Center Storage Tank was 13-years old. ...
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