Description
This opportunity concerns a comprehensive civil‑construction and sewer‑rehabilitation project in the New Orleans East Basin, known as the Plum Orchard Sewer Rehabilitation. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is seeking a contractor to perform removal and disposal of existing pavement, install new concrete and asphalt pavements, replace and repair sanitary sewer mains, perform point repairs, pipe‑lining, manhole work, and associated site‑improvement tasks such as drainage, sod, and tree protection. Four firms submitted bids ranging from roughly $5.9 M to $6.9 M, indicating an overall contract value near $6 million.
• Scope includes removal of existing roadways and sidewalks, installation of new reinforced concrete, asphaltic and composite pavements, and associated civil works.
• Sewer work covers full replacement of sanitary sewer mains (various diameters), point repairs, service lateral replacement, cured‑in‑place pipe lining, manhole adjustments, and flow‑diversion operations.
• Additional site‑improvement items involve sod installation, tree protection, drainage structures, and utility‑related cleaning and CCTV inspections.
• Four competing vendors (Fleming Construction Co., MASTEC, BLD, Wallace C. Drennan, Inc.) submitted total bids between $5,887,290 and $6,878,861.
• The bid tabulation was posted on 10 Oct 2016 after the bids were opened on 26 Aug 2016; no award decision or submission deadline is provided in the available documents.