Two major contracts were awarded by Clearview to increase sanitary sewer capacity in Stayner and Wasaga Beach at its Council meeting on Monday night.
First, Councillors unanimously voted for Matheson Construction’s contract for $5,337,103 to construct the Stayner sewage pumping station #2 and associated pipe work.
Then, they agreed to award the contract to construct the dual forcemains and associated chambers between Stayner and Wasaga Beach to Cedarwell Excavating in the amount of $4,255,966.05.
The entire construction, which is called the Stayner-Wasaga Beach Sanitary Servicing Project, will be funded by grant money and contributions from developers. No funds will be used from general taxation.
Matheson’s tender bid on the contract includes HST. With Clearview’s HST rebate factored in, the total tender dollar value is $4,806,229.87.
This is less than the $5,543,000 that Clearview budgeted for this project. The budgeted amount breaks down into $5,230,000 for the pumping station, $239,000 for the water main and $74,000 for installing gravity sewer mains.
Sixteen companies bid for the pumping station contract. R. J. Burnside & Associates, an environmental and engineering consulting group, reviewed the three lowest bidders’ tender documents. Burnside staff members performed references checks before recommending Matheson Construction, which bid the lowest amount.
Burnside received 13 bids for constructing the forcemains and reviewed the tenders of the three lowest bidders before recommending the second-lowest bidder, Cedarwell Excavating.
With its HST rebate, it will cost the Township $3,832,631.89, which is $341,368.11 less than it originally budgeted for the project.
“This project will help provide additional sanitary sewer capacity that will allow growth and development in the Town of Stayner for years to come,” said Mike Rawn, General Manager of Environmental Services in the Public Works department in a memo to Council.
“By working with our municipal neighbours, the Town of Wasaga Beach, we have secured efficient environmentally sound sewage treatment at a reasonable cost for present and future residents.”