Approval of this item will issue a purchase order in the amount of $612,900 to Wiedenmann Construction to make necessary repairs to failing culverts throughout the City. Four locations have been identified for this work: Viking and 25th Terrace Culvert, 1716 N Rogers Drainage Repairs, Truman and Alexander Culvert Replacement, and Nickell Avenue Culvert Replacement. The pricing for these services comes from a cooperative contract with the Johnson County, Kansas (2023-045D).

Purchases under cooperative agreements are authorized by Section 8.06.004, Paragraph 5, of the Independence City Code, which states that when cooperative bids or contracts are used, they will first have been established pursuant to generally accepted governmental purchasing practices.

This is a budgeted capital expense. 

The cooperative contract with the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri for pricing and services with Wiedenmann Construction which was previously approved by Council expired on 12/31/2023. The contractor was able to complete emergency repairs to the 907 N Allen Road Culvert for this project under that contract. A new cooperative contract with Johnson County, Kansas for these services is being recommended in order for Wiedenmann Construction to complete the remaining locations for these emergency repair projects.

The current purchase order for this contract will be closed after invoicing for the first location under the original contract is processed. A new purchase order will be created for the additional locations under the new cooperative contract.