Award Bid - City of SB 2021 Drainage Improvements - Kaley St. & Marion St. Proj No. 121-006A - Selge Construction Co., Inc.

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Division 1, a good faith efforts evaluation took place. There were follow-up discussions with the bidder and subcontractors that the bidder listed. That review indicates that good faith efforts were not met as to the MBE goal for Division 1 of the project. Specifically, deficiencies were found in establishing compliance with at least two of the good faith effort affirmations contained in Form MBE-2.0. The first good faith effort affirmation not met is, “I affirm that I have made good faith efforts to select portions of the contract work to be performed by MBEs, including, where appropriate, breaking out contract work items into economically feasible units to facilitate MBE participation.” The City of South Bend’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise Inclusion Program Plan states when determining whether a bidder has made good faith efforts, the performance of other bidders in meeting the contract goal may be considered. All other bids received for Division 1 were able to meet the MBE goal. Therefore, it may be reasonably questioned whether with additional reasonable efforts, the contract goal could have been met by HRP. In addition, the pricing for trucking related activities received by HRP was equal to or higher than other bidders, which gives rise to a concern the bidder did not properly select portions of the work to be performed by an MBE. A second good faith effort affirmation was not met – i.e., “I affirm that I negotiated with interested MBEs in good faith, including providing such MBEs with adequate information about the plans, specifications and other requirements of the subcontract.” Initial outreach was made by the bidder to a list of MBEs. However, the bidder failed to perform the necessary follow-up to affirm MBE receipt and retrieval of such information/documentation. For the above reasons, I recommend the award of the base bid plus alternate of Division 1 – Kaley St to the next lowest and responsive bidder, Selge Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $94,371.50. Selge Construction Co., Inc. met both MBE & WBE contract goals for Division 1. I recommend the award of the base bid of Division 2 – Marion St to the lowest, responsive bidder, Selge Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $158,632.75. Selge Construction Co., Inc., met both MBE & WBE contract goals for Division 2. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have (ext. 5998). Enc. Bid Tabulation