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I I Mr. A. C. Gonzalez, City Manager City of San Marcos August 14,1980 Page 2 Austin Engineering Company was the apparent third low bidder at $118,600. This firm was founded by Paul Keller, P.E., and is now run by his son, Paul "Buddy" Keller, P.E. Freese and Nichols has experience with this firm on similar work. At Lakeway M.U.D. No.1 on Lake Travis, Austin Engineering Company has constructed one sewage lift station and two water booster pump stations which were designed by Freese and Nichols. The total construction cost of these projects was about $374,000, and all were completed on time, within the budget and operate successfully. Psencik Construction Company was the apparent second low bidder at $111,844. Lee Roy Psencik is president of this firm which has done similar work in Central Texas for many years. The most recent similar work Psencik has constructed are a $170,000 water booster pump station designed by Haynie and Kallman for the City of Round Rock and four water booster pump stations costing about $500,000 total designed by URS/Forrest and Cotton for the City of Temple. The latter project is about 90% complete. The former project was completed on time, within the budget and operates successfully. The apparent low bidder was J.K.W. Construction, Inc. of Austin. This firm is headed by Joe K. Wells, P.E., and is the predecessor of JW Construction Company which was founded in 1979. Attached is a copy of the Statement of Bidder's Qualifications for your information. Similar work done by Wells are a $44,000 pump station designed by J. F. Fontaine for Redwater, Texas; a $125,000 pump station and storage tank designed by Sherrill Engineering Consultants for Bartonville, Texas; and a $125,000 pump station and storage tank designed by Pro-Tech Engineering Group for Kyle, Texas. The first project at Redwater was the firm's first construction project of this type. According to the references we checked, this project was not completed on time but was completed within the budget and operates satisfactorily. The project at Bartonville was completed on time, within the budget and operates success- fully. According to the references we checked, the project at Kyle was not completed on time, but was completed within the budget and has been in operation about three weeks. Mr. Wells does not have any full-time paid employees and leases most of the equipment required for construction. Psencik and Austin Engineering have full-time crews and available equipment for this type work. While we believe all three lowest bidders are qualified to undertake this project, we believe Mr. Wells might encounter more difficulties during construction than the more experienced firms. Additionally, while Mr. Wells has no other work at the present, he was recently apparent lowest bidder on projects near Industry, Texas, and near Kyle, Texas. It is our understanding from conversations with City staff that timely com- pletion of the project is imperative and that completion time be heavily weighed. Mr. Wells' proposal states that he will complete the project within 180 calendar days. The Psencik proposal states completion within 120 working days. The Austin Engineering Company proposal states 90 working days to completion. Assuming no interruptions, and converting working days to calendar days for comparison, Mr. Wells would complete the project by about February 9, 1981; Psencik, by February 1, 1981; and Austin Engineering Company by about December 15, 1980.