Purchasing Type: Low Bidders (LB)
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Purchasing & Contracting
AGENDA ITEM:
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Commission District(s): ALL
LB - Invitation No. 2026-077-ITB Sanitary Sewer Easement Clearing (Three (3) Year Multiyear Contract). For use by Department of Watershed Management (DWM) to obtain clearing vegetation along the County's sanitary sewer system easements as well as to remove accumulated debris from sanitary sewer stream crossings on an "as-needed" basis. Recommend award to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders: Total Outdoor, LLC, and Opterra Solutions, Inc. Total Amount Not To Exceed: $9,190,210.38.
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Information Contact: Michelle Butler, Chief Procurement Officer
Phone Number: (404) 687-3581
PURPOSE:
Consists of clearing vegetation along the County's sanitary sewer system easements as well as to remove accumulated debris from sanitary sewer stream crossings on an "as-needed" basis. Work will be assigned countywide. DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management’s (DWM) Wastewater Collection and Transmission System (WCTS) includes an estimated 2,700 miles of sanitary sewer lines and approximately 70,000 manholes. Sanitary sewer easement clearing services and associated work activities completed under this Contract will serve to improve sanitary sewer system operation. In addition to the clearing of easements, supporting tasks to be provided by the Contractor in performance of the Work include, but are not limited to, public notification and traffic control. Eight (8) bids were received.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Recommend award to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders:
Total Outdoor, LLC, 613 Baymist CT, Loganville, GA 30052
Estimated Amount: $6,946,150.00
Opterra Solutions, Inc., 270 Bruner Road, Lexington, SC 29072
Estimated Amount: $2,244,060.04
Total Amount Not To Exceed $9,190,210.38
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Contract Effective Date: Upon Receipt of Notice to Proceed
2. Contract Expiration Date: 3 Year Multiyear Contract
3. Amount Spent on Previous Contract: $9,017,183.80
4. Funding: Enterprise-Operating (DWM)
5. Additional Bidder(s):
Rafter H. Development, Inc.
196 Peachtree Street SW, #3
Atlanta, GA 303003
(Non- Responsive)
Casey Tree Experts, Inc.
4135 Arcadia Industrial Circle
Lilburn, GA 30047
Edko, LLC
4615 Marlena Street
Bossier City, LA 71111
Jewel of the South, LLC
150 Hwy 13 SE
Conyers, GA 30013
Executive Reality Solutions, Inc.
956 Mart in Luther King Jr. Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
Mariani Enterprises, LLC
1125 Old Ellis Road
Roswell, GA 30076