Tooles Contracting Low Bidder on New Maintenance Contract, GLWA Contract PC-798 (UPDATED)

On April 18, 2016, Tooles Contracting Group, LLC submitted the lowest bid for the project known as "Facilities Maintenance Requirement Contract," GLWA Contract PC-798.

The as-read bids are as follows:

1. Tooles Contracting . . . . . . . $10,218,093.48
2. Lakeshore Global . . . . . . . . $10,980,858.84
3. Weiss Construction . . . . . . .$11,398,940.88
4. DeMaria Building Co. . . . . .$11,584,094.00
5. Barton Malow Co. . . . . . . . .$13,671,698.92

The scope of Contract PC-798 includes furnishing the skilled labor, working foremen and overall supervision required to complete major and minor skilled trades maintenance projects as well as specialized subcontract maintenance services on an as-required basis at the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations, Group Facilities, CSO Facilities, Wastewater Treatment Plant, Industrial Waste Control Facilities, and all other GLWA facilities related directly or indirectly to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Note:  DeMaria Building Co. held the prior maintenance contract (PC-790), which was awarded in 2012. At that time, Commissioner Fred Barnes referred to the maintenance contract as a "dinosaur" which he "hopes will go extinct." Although much has changed in the past 4 years, some things haven't changed. 

Update (5/3): On May 2, 2016, the Great Lakes Water Authority issued a bulletin canceling this solicitation. 

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