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AGENDA ITEM 5H <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Powell, City Engineer <br />DATE: June 8, 1999 <br />TOPIC: Resolution No 99-44, Accept Bids and Award Construction <br />Contract - 21'd Avenue Lift Station and Forcemain Improvements <br />VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority <br />INTRODUCTION; <br />Sealed bids were received and opened on Friday, May 21, 1999, for the 21st <br />Avenue Lift Station and Forcemain Project. This project includes the installation <br />of a sanitary sewer lift station and forcemain to convey sewage from the <br />Clearwater Creek Business Center area to the existing City system east of 1 -35E. <br />The improvements include an oversized steel casing pipe beneath I -35E which <br />the Metropolitan Council will also use as part of the Centerville Interceptor <br />project. City Council action is required to award a construction contract to the <br />lowest responsible bidder. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On May 21, 1999, four sealed bids were received and opened with the following <br />results: <br />Company Bid Amount <br />Burschville Construction, Inc. $ 452,445.00 <br />Barbarossa and Sons, Inc. $ 458,470.80 <br />Lametti and Sons, Inca $ 493,410.00 <br />S.R. Weidema, Inc. $ 535,810.50 <br />Engineer's Estimate $ 479,324.50 <br />The low bid is almost 6% below the Engineer's Estimate for this project. A copy <br />of the complete bid tabulation is attached. Although the low bidder did not <br />indicate on their bid that they had received the plan addendums for this project, <br />they have acknowledged that the information had been received. We have also <br />contacted three metropolitan area cities regarding similar projects Burschville <br />Construction has completed recently and we received positive references from <br />all three. <br />