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| DATE:
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4/15/2014 7:00:00 PM |
| SUBJECT: |
| Council Consideration of a Bid Award for the Base Bid for PMS 2014 - Schedule B Project to Simon Contractors, in the Amount of $1,083,231.50. |
| BACKGROUND: |
This project includes miscellaneous repairs to curb, gutter and sidewalk, fire hydrant replacement, minor sanitary sewer replacement, storm drainage installation, cement treated sub-base, and asphalt paving on Ninth Street (4-J to Gillette Avenue) and asphalt paving on Wagensen Avenue, 3rd Street (Burma to Wagensen Avenue), Medical Arts Court and a full reconstruction of Butcher Court. Bids for this project were opened and read aloud by the City of Gillette Purchasing Division on April 1, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the City's Central Warehouse. Four (4) bids were received with the following results: | Bidder | Base Bid | Alternate A-1 | Alternate A-2 | | Simon Contractors | $1,083,231.50 | $29,584.00 | $29,584.00 | | Intermountain Construction & Materials | $1,256,143.50 | $40,592.00 | $36,464.00 | | Powder River Construction | $1,367,885.75 | $75,680.00 | $68,800.00 | | Mountain View Building | $1,659,883.00 | $58,480.00 | $68,800.00 | | | | | | Engineer's Estimate | $1,175,852.29 | $55,040.00 | $61,920.00 |
The low bid is 7.9% below the Engineer's Estimate and 19.3% below the average of the bids. There were two (2) alternates bid on the project pertaining to the removal of asphaltic concrete pavement. Alternate A-1 provided pricing to allow the contractor to retain possession of the asphalt roto-mill tailings in-lieu of hauling them to the County yard. Alternate A-2 provided pricing to allow the contractor to retain possession of chunk asphalt in-lieu of roto-milling and hauling to the County yard. At this time it is recommended not to select Alternate A-1 or A-2 and award the base bid which stipulates that the roto-mill tailings will be hauled to the County yard. |
| ACTUAL COST VS. BUDGET: |
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The funding for this project is budgeted in the Optional 1% Sales Tax account number 201-10-05-419-40-44331.
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| SUGGESTED MOTION: |
| I move for Approval of a Bid Award for the Base Bid for PMS 2014 - Schedule B Project to Simon Contractors, in the Amount of $1,083,231.50. |
| STAFF REFERENCE: |
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Dustin Hamilton, P.E., Development Services Director |
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