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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1. The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) needs to replace 126-ft of stormwater outfall pipe (Outfall 42) that is in severely deteriorated condition adjacent to the Willamette River. 
    
2. Environmental Services has prepared plans and specifications for replacing the deteriorated outfall pipe, including maintenance holes and service connection.
    
3. BES seeks Council’s authorization for Procurement Services to execute a contract for the Outfall 42 Maintenance Hole and Storm Sewer Construction Project.
    
4. In accordance with Portland City Code Chapter 5.34.020, the Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to solicit bids estimated not to exceed $1,000,000, and the Engineer’s Estimate for this Project was $983,194.00. Bids were solicited and the lowest responsive bid is from Titan Utilities, LLC in the amount of $1,313,140.00. BES conducted a bid analysis and determined the bidder was 34% over the Engineer’s Estimate due to the high labor demand currently prevailing within the commercial construction market, high inflation, and the specialized nature of the project.  The City issued the Notice of Intent to Award a Contract to Titan Utilities, LLC on April 4, 2023, and no protests were received.
    
5. The City’s equity in contracting aspirational goal of 20% of the hard construction costs for subcontractor and supplier utilization of firms certified by the State’s Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID) applies to this project. Titan Utilities, LLC intends to self-perform 59.26% of the work has committed to subcontract the remaining 40.74% to COBID Certified firms as follows:
    

   Subcontractor	Certification	Area of Work	Ownership	Amount
   Brothers Concrete	MBE	Concrete Cutting	Native American/Male	$2000
   JNM Services	W/ESB	Traffic Control	Caucasian/Female	$18,000
   JTWA Trucking, LLC	D/M/ESB	Hauling Services/Sewer	African American /Male	$87,000
   LCP, LLC	D/W/ESB	Erosion Control/Sewer	Caucasian /Female	$78,000
   Sambar Construction	ESB	Sewer	Caucasian /Female	$350,000
   Total				$535,000

6. Titan Utilities, LLC has a current City of Portland Business Tax Registration and is in Full Compliance with the contracting requirements.  Titan Utilities, LLC is located in Sherwood, Oregon and is a State COBID Certified ESB contractor and is a Caucasian male owned firm. 
    
7. This construction cost for this contract is $1,313,140.00 with funds available in the BES FY 23/24 budget.   

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to execute a contract with Titan Utilities, LLC for a sum of $1,313,140 for the Outfall 42 Maintenance Hole and Storm Sewer Construction Rebid Project.
2. The Mayor and City Auditor are hereby authorized to draw and deliver checks chargeable to BES project E11220 Fiscal Year 23/24 funds when demand is presented and approved by the proper authorities.

Section 2.  The Council declares an emergency exists because this project has a time sensitive in water work window for construction; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.