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Marshall City Council awards $1.1 million contract to line 9,200 feet of sewer pipe
Summary
The council voted to award the WW-001 sanitary sewer rehabilitation contract to SAK Construction (O'Fallon, Mo.), approving the base bid plus the lateral-grouting alternate and a 5% contingency to add critical segments; staff said lining will save money and reduce neighborhood disruption.
Marshall City Council on a unanimous voice vote authorized the city to award project WW-001 — a sanitary sewer rehabilitation lining contract — to SAK Construction, the low proposer from O'Fallon, Missouri, and approved a 5% contingency to allow staff to add a few additional critical segments.
Jason Anderson, the city's Director of Public Works and City Engineer, told the council the work would line roughly 9,200 feet of sewer pipe in diameters ranging from 8 inches to 30 inches. He said the recommended award includes the base bid plus an alternate that performs lateral grouting at service connections, which staff recommended because it reduces inflow and infiltration at lateral unions.
"We would propose to award the base plus alternate at just under 1.1 million there as you see," Anderson said, describing the low bid and the benefit of lining rather than full replacement. When asked about cost savings, the mayor said the method represented "a very large cost savings over digging these lines up" in neighborhoods; Anderson responded that larger contracts lower mobilization costs and lining avoids the disruption and expense of full reconstruction in areas where road or right-of-way impacts would be severe.
Council member Jim moved to approve the award and the 5% contingency; Craig seconded the motion. The council closed the vote and the motion passed.
The contract award directs staff to finalize contract documents and proceed to construction with the contractor and includes authorization to use the contingency to add a limited number of additional segments judged critical by staff.
What happens next: staff will finalize the contract and schedule construction; council records show the motion passed and staff will bring any significant contract amendments back to council for approval.
