On November 5, 2015, Lakeshore Global Corporation
submitted a low bid of $7,383,786 for the project known as "Water Main Replacement, Various Locations in the City of Detroit," DWSD Contract WS-693.
There were only three (3) bidders on this project. The as-read bids received by DWSD are as follows:
- Lakeshore Global Corporation . . . . $ 7,383,786
- Major Cement Company . . . . . . . . . $10,908,851
- Inland Waters Pollution Control . . $11,220,902
All three of these contractors are Detroit Based Businesses.
The scope of work for Contract WS-693 includes the replacement
of approximately 23,300 lineal feet of existing 8-inch, 12-inch, 16-inch, and 24-inch water mains.
Comment: Lakeshore's bid is quite low, more than 30% below Major Cement's bid. Lakeshore was also significantly low on the prior water main replacement project, Contract WS-691, which was bid in May, 2014. Major Cement was ultimately awarded the contract.
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On February 26, 2015, Imperial Construction submitted the low bid
for the project known as "Water System Improvements, Various Streets"
DWSD Contract WS-686. The as-read bids are as follows:
- Imperial Construction . . . . . . .$7,547,121
- Major Cement Company . . . . .
$7,894,134
- Lakeshore Global
Corp. . . . . . $10,463,330
The scope of this project includes replacement of approximately 30,626 lineal feet of ductile iron water main and related fittings.
Imperial Construction was low bidder in 2012 on a similar project, WS-682A.
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On May 15, 2014, Lakeshore Global Corporation submitted a low bid of $11,798,827 for the project known as "Water System Improvements: Joy Rd from Trinity to Southfield Fwy," DWSD Contract WS-691.
There were only three (3) bidders on this project. The as-read bids received by DWSD are as follows:
- Lakeshore Global Corporation . . . $11,798,827
- Major Cement Company . . . . . . . . $14,879,043
- Blaze Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . . . . $15,249,000
All three of these contractors are Detroit Based Businesses.
The scope of work for Contract WS-691 includes the replacement
of existing 8-inch, 16-inch, and 24-inch water mains. The
Contractor will furnish and install approximately 13,300 linear feet of
8-inch, 133 linear feet of 16-inch, and 8,022 linear feet of 24-inch
ductile iron pipe and fittings.
Update (6/25): Major Cement Company was awarded this contract today at the Regular Water Board Meeting. Lakeshore Global Corporation's bid was rejected as non-responsive
because the required bid security and accompanying documentation was not
contained in the bid package at the time of submittal.
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Executive Construction Mgmt. Co/NQN Contracting, Joint Venture, submitted the low bid on December 11, 2012 for the project known as DWSD Contract WS-648A, "Water System Improvements: Various Streets Throughout the City of Detroit."
Here are the as-read bids. Equalization will not affect the outcome of this bid.
- ECM Co/NQN Contracting, JV . . . . $3,692,100
- Imperial Construction Co. . . . $4,336,423
- Major Cement Company . . . . . $5,235,930
- RBV Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . . $5,754,589
- Blaze Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . $5,792,000
- Willie McCormick Co. . . . . . . $5,932,757
- Pamar Enterprises, Inc. . . . . . $6,176,266
- Lawrence M. Clark, Inc. . . . . . $6,178,641
- Ric-Man Detroit, Inc. . . . . . . . $9,181,373
Comment: Its good to see a lot of bidders on this job, including a number of new faces. Competition is a good thing. However, the low bidder appears to be quite low. $644,323 is an awful lot of money to leave on the table, and that's assuming Imperial has a good number. Even they look pretty low.
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