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AGENDA ITEM 7D • STAFF ORIGINATOR: James E. Studenski, City Engineer • COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 14, 2003 TOPIC: Resolution No. 03-104, Accepting Bids and Awarding Construction Contract, Twilight Acres Watermain Improvement Project VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 Vote Required BACKGROUND: Sealed bids were received and publicly opened at 10:00 a.m. on June 7, 2003. The results of the bid opening are presented below. City Council action is required to award a construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder. Contractor Amount of Bid C & L Excavating, Inc. $165,192.50 BNR Excavating, Inc. $169,350.00 Forest Lake Contracting, Inc. $173,097.00 Redstone Construction Company, Inc. $179,183.82 Friedges Contracting $179,596.22 Meyer Contracting, Inc. $184,566.00 Penn Contracting, Inc. $184,586.40 Northdale Construction, Inc. $193,853.18 Engineer's Estimate $154,616.00 The low bid is approximately 7% over the Engineer's Estimate for this project. A copy of the complete bid tabulation is attached. This 7% overage falls within the 10% contingency budgeted for the project. The substantial completion date for this project is September 1, 2003, with a final completion date of September 23, 2003. The project is to be funded by the City's trunk funds and reimbursed through utility connection charges. OPTIONS: 1. Return to staff for further review. 2. Adopt Resolution Number 03-104, Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction Contract to C & L Excavating, Inc. for the Twilight Acres Watermain Improvement project. 3. Not adopt Resolution No. 03-104. RECOMMENDATION: Option No. 2 - Staff recommends adoption of Resolution Number 03-104.