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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6Di STAFF ORIGINATOR: Diane Hankee, City Engineer MEETING DATE: September 26, 2016 TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 16-113, Accepting bids and Awarding a Construction Contract, 2016 Aqua Lane to Black Duck Drive Trunk Water Main Project VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION Staff is requesting council authorization to accept bids and award construction contract for the 2016 Aqua Lane to Black Duck Drive Trunk Water Main Project contract. BACKGROUND The 2016 Aqua Lane to Black Duck Drive Trunk Water Main Project includes the following: • Base Bid - A 12 inch diameter trunk water main directionally drilled from Aqua Lane to Black Duck Drive. This improvement provides a secondary line to serve the northwest portion of the City, and it loops the City’s system improving pressure and flow. • Base Bid - A 3 inch diameter sanitary sewer forcemain directionally drilled from the intersection of West Shadow Lake Drive and Sandpiper Drive to Black Duck Drive. This utility is being installed for future extension down West Shadow Lake Drive. • Alternate - A 12 inch diameter trunk water main from Well No. 6 to Birch Street. The water main is being extended to strengthen the system. Bids were received for the above-referenced project on Monday, September 19, 2016. A total of four bids were received. The bids were checked for mathematical accuracy and tabulated. CONTRACTOR BASE BID ALTERNATE TOTAL BID GM Contracting, Inc. $ 959,353.78 $118,196.04 $1,077,549.82 Kuechle Underground $1,020,229.00 $122,842.01 $1,143,071.01 Northdale Const. Co., Inc. $1,069,087.72 $144,136.88 $1,213,224.60 A-1 Excavating, Inc. $1,078,875.00 $150,050.00 $1,320,425.00 The low bid was submitted by GM Contracting, Inc., Lake Crystal, Minnesota, in the amount of $1,077,549.82. The estimated total project cost including construction contingency, engineering, legal and bonding is $1,380,000.00. The completion date for this project is December 15, 2016.