City of San Antonio - File #: 17-4719

• File #: 17-4719
• Type: Capital Improvements
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 9/21/2017
• Posting Language: An Ordinance for the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD) Exhaust Ventilation Project, a one-time project in the amount of $2,869,420, accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract to F.A. Nunnelly Company, in the amount of $2,376,125, including nine additive alternates, for providing direct-capture vehicle exhaust capture systems in Fire facilities, with $493,295 available from the FY 2017 Fire Department General Fund Budget and $2,376,125 will be financed through tax-exempt lease purchase financing or other financial obligations, contingent on the execution of a lease program schedule or other issuance approved by subsequent ordinance. [Erik Walsh, Deputy City Manager; Mike Frisbie, Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/21/2017	1	City Council A Session	Motion to Approve	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements

DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.

COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide

SUBJECT:
Contract Award: SAFD Exhaust Ventilation Project

SUMMARY:

An ordinance for the SAFD Exhaust Ventilation Project accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract to F.A. Nunnelly Company, in the amount of $2,376,125, including nine additive alternates, for providing direct-capture vehicle exhaust capture systems in Fire facilities located City Wide. This is a one-time project in the amount of $2,869,420 of which $493,295 is available from the FY 2017 Fire Department General Fund Budget and $2,376,125 will be financed through tax-exempt lease purchase financing or other financial obligations, contingent on the execution of a lease program schedule or other issuance approved by subsequent ordinance.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Project Background
The SAFD Exhaust Ventilation Project will facilitate the Fire Department's Cancer Initiative by providing vehicle exhaust removal systems in (53) Fire facilities located throughout the City, including (52) fire stations, and the SAFD Fleet Maintenance Facility. The proposed system attaches directly to an emergency-response vehicle's exhaust pipe, and utilizes a flexible hose, exhaust fans and ductwork, to capture and route engine emissions to the outside of a building or apparatus bay.

The Project will be delivered in phased concurrent facility installations beginning in October 2017, and is anticipated to be completed by December 31, 2018.

Procurement of Services
This project was advertised for construction bids on July 14, 2017 in the San Antonio Hart Beat, on the City's website, on the Texas Electronic State Business Daily and on TVSA. Bids were opened on August 8, 2017 and one (1) bidder responded. Of these, F.A. Nunnelly Company submitted the lowest responsive bid. A matrix of the bid outcome is included herein.

This contract will be awarded in compli...