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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2005_06_14_r105 - Sole Source Procurements for Overhead Utility RelocationsThe Town of Leesburg, Virginia RESOLUTION NO. 2005-105 A RESOLUTION: PRESENTED: June 14, 2005 ADOPTED: June 14, 2005 AUTHORIZING SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS FOR THE OVERHEAD UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND WETLAND MITIGATION FOR THE SYCOLIN ROAD WIDENING PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO PROCURE THESE SERVICES WHEREAS, the Sycolin Road Widening Project is a funded capital project; and WHEREAS, the Sycolin Road Phase I (Oaklawn) is moving forward ahead of the town's capital improvements projects; and WHEREAS, the town is required to facilitate the overhead utility relocations; and WHEREAS, the town has received preliminary estimates from the utility companies for the relocation work; and WHEREAS, the utility companies do not allow other entities to relocate their facilities; and WHEREAS, the utility relocations by the utility companies becomes a sole source procurement issue; and WHEREAS, the estimates received are above the authorization level of the Town Manager as · NOVEC $196,260.00 · Dominion Virginia Power $159,249.00 · Verizon Virginia $262,132.00; and WHEREAS, the town is responsible for actual construction costs; and WHEREAS, the overhead utility relocation can not begin until all overhead easements have been acquired from the affected properties; and WHEREAS, the Sycolin Road Widening Project requires wetland mitigation by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ); and listed below: A RESOLUTION: -2- AUTHORIZING SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS FOR THE OVERHEAD UTILITY RELOCATIONS AND WETLAND MITIGATION FOR THE SYCOLIN ROAD WIDENING PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO PROCURE THESE SERVICES WHEREAS, the town has a choice to either do physical mitigation of the stream and wetland impacts caused by the project or make a cash payment to an approved wetland bank as determined by the DEQ; and WHEREAS, in as much as the DEQ has designated the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund to receive our payment, the mitigation payment therefore becomes a sole source procurement. THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows: SECTION I. The Town Council hereby determines that only one source is practicably available for each of these procurements and directs that this resolution be posted on the public notice board in the town offices for a period of ten days. SECTION II. The Town Manager is hereby authorized to procure the sole source utility relocation services of the designated utility companies on Sycolin Road contingent upon acquisition of all needed overhead utility easements. SECTION III. The Town Manager is hereby authorized to procure the sole source payment to the Virginia Aquatic Resources Trust Fund in order to validate the town's DEQ permit. PASSED this 14t~ day of June 2005. ATTEST: of Council R05: Sole source procurement for Sycolin Rd Wid Proj ~f~£eU21z~:~d, May°r --" ,~)