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Item No. 20 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council FROM: Rose Beverly, City Manager Todd Mittge, City Engineer Stephanie Harris, City Attorney SUBJECT: 7th Street SW Reconstruction Project Award Recommendation DATE: July 28, 2025 BACKGROUND: The City of Paris has partnered with Fikes Wholesale, Inc. (Owner of CEFCO) to rebuild 7th Street SW into a concrete roadway. Due to the heavy truck traffic, the asphalt roadway will not support the heavy loads. Fikes Wholesale has agreed to split the cost 50150 with the City to get this project done. The partnership splits construction, geotechnical testing ($5895), and 3rd party materials testing during construction (Estimated to be $5000). City of Paris called for bids for the 7th SW Reconstruction Project (ST2502) in the Paris News on May 6 and May 13, 2025. Bids were opened on June 2, 2025. Three responsive bids were received for the project. Pridemore Construction, LLC from Paris, TX. was the Low Bidder and was recommended to the council for award of the project. After the Notice of Award was sent out, during the contract compilation process, it was determined they were unable to provide the Performance and Payment Bonds as required by the Contract. They decided to withdraw their bid, and city staff decided to rebid the project to all bidders for 2 weeks. City of Paris called for bids for the revised 7th SW Reconstruction Project (ST2502B) in the Paris News on June 26 and July 3, 2025. Bids were opened on July 10, 2025 at 11:30AM. Three responsive bids were received for the project. Wheeler Construction from Paris, TX. was the Low Bidder, 2" d was Drake General Contractors, LLC from Paris, and 3rd was Richard Drake Construction from Paris. Low bid was $326,338.10. It is the City Engineer's recommendation to award the project to Wheeler Construction of Paris, TX.