Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between Queen Street and Windsor AvenueCopyrighted
December 19, 2022
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 018.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between
Queen Street and Windsor Avenue
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending that the award for the Green Alley Retaining
Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between Queen Street and
Windsor Avenue project be officially recorded in the minutes of the City
Council.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Make Matter of Record
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Award Recording Memo Green Alley Retaining Wall
Project between Queen Street and Windsor Avenue- City Manager Memo
MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between
Queen Street and Windsor Avenue
CIP 5524000003
DATE: December 12, 2022
Through the competitive quotation process for public improvements, this project was
awarded on December 12, 2022, to MDE, LLC DBA McDermott Excavating of Dubuque,
Iowa, for the low bid amount of $62,217.00 which is 3.3% under the engineer's estimate
of $64,353.00.
City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends that the award for the Green Alley Retaining
Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between Queen Street and Windsor Avenue
project be officially recorded in the minutes of the City Council.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:sv
Attachment
CC' Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer
Jon Dienst, Civil Engineer 11
THE CITY OF
DUB E
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
Dubuque
All•Merin City
2007-2012.2013
2017*2019
DATE: December 12, 2022
RE: Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between
Queen Street and Windsor Avenue
CIP 5524000003
The Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between Queen Street
and Windsor Avenue project will provide for the reconstruction of a severely deteriorated
retaining wall along a future green alley. The project will include a modular block retaining
wall with chain link fence and pavement patching in the alley.
The following is a summary of the bids received for the Green Alley Retaining Wall —
2406, 2408, 2410 Queen Street Between Queen Street and Windsor Avenue Project:
Contractor
Base Bid
MDE, LLC DBA McDermott Excavating
$ 62,217.00
Tschiggfrie Excavating
$70,392.70
The engineer's estimate for the project is $64,353.00, this is 3.3% below under the
engineer's estimate. Through the competitive quotation process for public improvements,
this project was awarded on December 12, 2022, to MDE, LLC DBA McDermott
Excavating of Dubuque, Iowa, for the low bid amount of $62,217.00.
The funding is as follows:
CIP No.
Fund Description
Fund
Amount
5524000003
Stone Retaining Walls
$ 62,217.00
In accordance with the competitive quotation requirements of Iowa Code, Section 26.14, ii
is necessary that the award for the Green Alley Retaining Wall — 2406, 2408, 2410 Queen
Street Between Queen Street and Windsor Avenue Project be officially recorded in the
minutes of the City Council.
Prepared By: Jon Dienst, P.E.
cc: Bob Schiesl, Assistant City Engineer
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