Memo Recording Award of Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project Copyrighted
January 19, 2021
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 5.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Memo Recording Award of Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration
Project
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending that the award for the Chaplain Schmitt
Island Fiber Collaboration Project be officially recorded in the minutes of
the City Council.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Make Matterof Record
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
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Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project- 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: Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project
DATE: January 12, 2021
Through the competitive quotation process for public improvements, the Chaplain
Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project was awarded on December 17, 2020, to
Utility Service Contractors Inc., in the amount of $103,931, for the base bid and
Alternate 1.
City Engineer Gus Psihoyos recommends that the award for the Chaplain Schmitt
Island Fiber Collaboration Project be officially recorded in the minutes of the City
Council.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Gus Psihoyos, City Engineer
DATE: January 11, 2021
RE: Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project
The Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project will provide for the installation of
approximately 4,200 linear feet of fiber optic conduit and associated vaults and handholes
around Chaplain Schmitt Island. This portion of the project is part of a Master Co-location
and Shared Services Agreement between the City and Interstate Power and Light and
Alliant Energy.
The following is a summary of bids received for the Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber
Collaboration Project:
Contractor Base Bid Alternate 1 Alternate 2
Utilit Service Contractors $54,731.00 $49,200.00 $25,902.50
Kramer Service Grou $88,030.00 $48,450.00 $27,825.00
Electric Conduit Construction $136,514.58 $60,319.45 $41,071.53
Through the competitive quotation process for public improvements, this project was
awarded on December 17, 2020 to Utility Service Contractors, Inc. of Hiawatha, lowa, for
the base bid and alternate 1, in the total bid amount of $103,931.00. Alternate 2 will not
be awarded at this time.
The funding is as follows:
CIP No. Fund Description Fund
Amount
1002871 Alliant Ener Broadband $ 54,731.00
3001266 Traffic Si nal Interconnect $ 49,200.00
TOTAL FUNDING $ 103,931.00
In accordance with the competitive quotation requirements of lowa Code, Section 26.14, it
is necessary that the award for the Chaplain Schmitt Island Fiber Collaboration Project be
officially recorded in the minutes of the City Council.
Prepared By: Kerry Bradley, Eng. Dept.
cc: Jon Dienst, Civil Engineer II
David Ness, Civil Engineer II
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