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Bradenton approves $6.2 million guaranteed maximum price for Lift Station 3 rebuild
Summary
City Council approved Addendum No. 2 to the GMP for the Lift Station 3 rebuild and associated force main work — a $6.2 million CMAR project financed with a DEP grant (approx. $2.6M) and local match — with a fast-tracked construction schedule and liquidated damages provisions.
Bradenton City Council on Jan. 28 approved Addendum No. 2 to the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) for the reconstruction of Lift Station 3 and its associated force main, authorizing a construction-manager-at-risk contract for an estimated $6.2 million phase of work.
Public works and procurement staff described the project scope as replacement and upsizing of Lift Station 3 (near 2nd Avenue) plus about 700 linear feet of force main and related site and utility work. The contract includes demolition of the existing station, bypass pumping and site work. Mr. Perry told council the sewershed served by the station comprises roughly 187–200 service connections, mostly residential.
Mr. Perry said the city secured roughly $2.6 million in grant funding from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and will provide a local match; the project is in design with Jacobs Engineering and is expected to be substantially complete on an expedited schedule (approximately 301 days after notice to proceed). The GMP includes a liquidated-damages provision of $1,000 per calendar day for failure to meet substantial-completion targets.
Councilmembers praised staff's grant procurement work and the cross-departmental effort to accelerate the project; they also asked about schedule, procurement risk and contract oversight. The council approved the addendum on a recorded vote (5-0).
City staff said the project is one of the city's largest rehabilitation undertakings for sewer infrastructure; subsequent phases will address collection-system improvements and lateral repairs in the source sewershed. Staff also noted that final design, permitting and contractor GMP verification will continue as the city moves to construction.
