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� <br /><�---.._P <br />LAW OFFICES OF <br />PETERSQN. BELL & CONVERSE <br />1800 AME171CAN NAT1pNAL BANK BUILDING <br />f01 SAST FIFTli STREET <br />ST. PAUL. NEINN�50TA 55101 <br />224-4703 ( fi 12 ) <br />ERW1N A. -P�TEtiSON 1dINNEAP01,19 <br />RDB�RT C. H�LL f031 SQA L.1NE BUILOtNG <br />WILLARC L.. CONVBRSE <br />ROGER A. JEPiSEN � <br />KLR7 F. WALTHHR <br />W. TIMOTHY NlALC}�OW <br />MAR'T1N J.COS7ELL0 June 9, 1975 <br />Mr, James Andre <br />City Manager <br />2701 North Lexa.ngton Avenue <br />Roseville, Minnesota 551.1.3 <br />Re: Fire Apparatus Bid <br />Dear Mr. Andre: <br />Fzre Chie� F1oyd LeCuyer has requested us to review bi.ds <br />received �or the purchase of new fire apparatus ax�,d equipment. <br />He advises us that only two bids were r�ceived an the fire <br />apparatus. Of those two bids, the bid fram Hawe Fire <br />Apparatus, Inc. , did not confarzn to our biddi.r�g requixements <br />in that they fa�3.ed to prov.ide a certificate of non-collusion <br />which was clEarly required in the bid apglication; they <br />did not provide blue prints or a diagram o� the apparatus <br />or� a t�mel.y basis ; and, they did not subrn3t twQ sets of <br />the proposed contract and specifications as required_ <br />Based upfln that rian.-coznpli.ance with our bidding requirements, <br />we fee7. that the Hawe Fire Apparatus, Inc., bid should be <br />rejected. Our Supreme Cou�t has stated that "mere irregularity <br />o� a bid v+ri.11 n.ot justify its rejection by a municipal body <br />charged with a duty of awarding a contractix� the lowest <br />bidder". However, the Supreme Court has al.sa stated in <br />a deczsion znvolving the Highway Department that failure <br />ta submit a certificate of non-collusian with a bid �.s <br />not a ground �ox� reject�ng the b�.d if the bidder submits <br />a statement containing sul�stantial.ly the same representativns <br />required in the certificate of non-collusion. This leads <br />u�� to beli.eve that if a bidder neit,her submits a certi�'icate <br />of non-collusion or some other document containi.ng substantialJ.y <br />the same representations requ�.red i.n a certifi.cate of non.- <br />collusian, the bid shotxld be rejected_ <br />