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-~L~~RING ~ ~ASSOCI~AT-~S <br /> TAUt tlOAAI <br /> Memo <br /> <br /> TO; Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Lee Elfering, City Engineer <br /> DATE: August 11, 2010 <br /> RE: 2010 Northeast Utility Improvements Project <br /> As indicated in our previous Council memo, bids were opened for the above referenced <br /> project today at 11:00 a.m. in accordance with the Advertisement for Bids. The project <br /> consists of the installation of sanitary sewer to serve the Gervais Woods Development <br /> and the installation of watermain along County Road 62 and Park Street. <br /> Eight (8) bids were received from the following companies listed below from lowest to <br /> highest total bid: <br /> Corporation Total Base Bid <br /> Metro Utilities, Inc. $126,575.00 <br /> S.R. Weidema, Inc. $136,764.00 <br /> Northwest Asphalt, Inc. $144,428.10 <br /> C.W. Houle, Inc. $147,121.00 <br /> Penn Contracting, Inc. $150,705.00 <br /> Miller Excavating, Inc. $165,158.10 <br /> Birchville Construction, Inc. $176,126.50 <br /> Frattalone Companies, Inc. $210,016.35 <br /> The engineer's estimate completed at the end of plan and specification preparation <br /> estimated the construction cost at $131,000.00. Based on the bids received, Metro <br /> Utilities, Inc. is the low bidder. The low bid received, based on the engineer's estimate, <br /> appears to be competitive and the bids have been reviewed for errors and/or omissions. <br /> Metro Utilities has not completed work in the City, but references were checked to verify <br /> that they had successfully completed work with other Cities in the metro area. <br /> The watermain work on Park Street and the water services off of the County Road B2 <br /> watermain are being installed at the request of the Terrace Heights Mobile Home Park <br /> and is to be funded 100% by Terrace Heights. Terrace Heights must sign a waiver of <br /> special assessments for the cost of those portions of the project if they are to be <br /> completed. Therefore, we would recommend award to Metro Utilities, Inc. of schedules <br /> 1.0 and 4.0 of the bid and contingent award of schedules 2.0 and 3.0 until receipt of the <br /> executed waiver. If you have any questions concerning this information, please call me <br /> at (763) 780-0450. <br /> 10062 Flanders Court NE -Blaine, MN 55449 - Ph: (763) 780-0450 Fax (763) 780-0452 <br /> Memo-081110~CC (Award Recommendation) <br /> <br />