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F. Motion:
Discussion:
City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: April 26, 2018
Stephen Dookran, P.E., City Engineer
Engineering Department
BSP ~ Fairmount Street Bridge Fence
To approve the contracts with DeLucca Fence in the amount of $25,874 for the installation
of fence at a Parkway retaining wall and $72,993.75 for fencing on the Fairmount Street
Bridge. Funding will be through Department: 160 Admin/Engineering; Fund: Bond;
Activity: Broad Street Parkway.
During construction of the Broad Street Parkway the design of fencing at the top of a
retaining wall was modified. Under the modification, fence would be attached to the top
of the wall behind guardrail. This fencing is intended to protect pedestrians from falling.
In addition, the contractor was also requested to submit a change order proposal to revise a
proposed fence along the Fairmount Street Bridge to match the fence that had been
installed at the Baldwin Street Bridge. For both bridges a chain link fence had been
proposed in the original design.
After initial efforts to negotiate a change order for both revisions, E.D. Swett refused to
further consider a change order.
The City requested a proposal from DeLucca Fence Company as well as several other
vendors. DeLucca was the fencing subcontractor for E.D. Swett. They were also the
subcontractor who had previously provided and installed the fencing on the Baldwin
Street Bridge.
Although the City requested pricing numerous times, no proposals were received from any
vendors until recently a response was received from DeLucca Fence Company.
Because this fence is intended to address safety concerns, this motion is intended to move
forward with the sole proposal received for each of these two fencing installations.
