Cascadilla Creek Dredging

The City of Ithaca is seeking sealed bids for a maintenance dredging project on Cascadilla Creek, located in Tompkins County, New York. The project involves dredging approximately 12,800 cubic yards of sediment from a segment of the creek between the Cayuga Waterfront Trail pedestrian bridge and the Cayuga Inlet. Specific project requirements include mechanical dredging, dewatering the sediment on adjacent private land, and disposing of the dewatered sediment as General Fill in accordance with a NYSDEC Beneficial Use Determination. Bidders are required to use official Bid Forms and provide a certified check or bid bond equal to 5% of the Base Bid. Potential bidders must contact the Engineer to schedule site visits, and written questions were required to be submitted by 5:00 PM on November 14, 2019, addressed to David Herrick, P.E. The project timeline stipulates substantial completion by April 1, 2020, and final completion by May 31, 2020. Bids were to be submitted by 2:00 PM on November 21, 2019, at the Office of the City Controller in Ithaca.

The procurement opportunity has no specific set-aside designations for minority, women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, or disadvantaged businesses, with all subcontracting goals set at 0%. The City of Ithaca has committed to being an equal opportunity organization, ensuring non-discrimination across various categories including race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual preference, weight, and Vietnam Era Veterans status. The bid tabulation document reveals three bidders for the project: R.B. Robinson Contracting, Inc., Gorick Construction Co., Inc., and James H. Maloy, Inc., with base bid amounts ranging from $1,724,000 to $6,875,996. An alternate bid item for dredging with docks in place was also included in the bid package. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality or technicality in the bidding process. Contract documents were available for download from the City's website, and all bidders were required to submit bid security with their proposals.