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<br />"I <br /> <br />...-........... <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN mLLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />February 11, 1999 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 1:) <br />Brian Fritsinger, City Administrato~ <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />West Round Lake Road, Phase 1 Contract <br /> <br />Backl!:round <br />The City of Arden Hills has followed all necessary steps to continue with the West <br />Round Lake Road, Phase 1, Improvement Project. On January 14th, 1999, eleven bids <br />were received and opened for the project, which was bid in four parts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. The Basic Roadwav. including storm sewer and ponds, watermain, and sanitary sewer <br />. Alternate (A), removal of all excess soils from the Indykiewiczproperty <br />. Alternate (B), landscaping, including trees, shrubs, sod, seed, and irrigation to the <br />median area <br />. Alternate (C), paver bricks in the narrow areas of the median verses concrete <br /> <br />Bid Results <br />A low bid of $668,451.23 was submitted for the base project by Don Zappa & Son <br />Excavating of Blaine, Minnesota. The low bidder for this project changes as various <br />alternates are included, or not included. <br /> <br />If the Base Bid, and Alternate (B) were chosen, Don Zappa & Son would still have the <br />low bid at $730,116.23. If the Base Bid, and Alternate (A) would be chosen, Forest Lake <br />Contracting would be the low bidder at $752,560.05. Forest Lake Contracting would also <br />be low if the Base Bid and Alternates (A) and (B) were chosen with a bid of $794,725.05. <br /> <br />Bids for Alternate (C) from the four (4) lowest bidders, range from $8,388 to $10,092.60, <br />and do not change the order of the lowest bidders. <br /> <br />Don ZaDDa & Son Excavatinl! <br />City Staff and Engineer have no experience with Don Zappa & Son Excavating. Staff <br />does know the company has been around for twenty years or so and primarily does <br />smaller commercial projects. The City Engineer has asked for and received references <br />from developers, which have worked with the company, and the Public Works Director <br />has received a favorable recommendation on the company from another local excavating <br />contractor. <br /> <br />e <br />