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5. Award of Bids, 1994 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation ProgramMEMORANDUM CITY OF 5 CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Charles Folch, Director of Public Works /City Engineer DATE: September 20, 1994 SUBJ: Award of Bids for 1994 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Program Project No. 94 -9 ' On Thursday, September 15, 1994, bids were re""" Rehabilitation Program, Project No. 94 -9. Asnt piperelining work, only two bids were receiv,. Clean & Seal, Inc. at a total bid amount of $ $-8,758 engineer's estimate which was based on last11year's 1 and opened for the 1994 Sanitary Sewer ted, due to the specialized nature of the low bid was received from Visu -Sewer This bid is significantly lower than the kbid prices for similar work. Due to the :A very favorable bids, staff and the protect engineer igni investigate the opportunity to add ' additional testing and sealing work to thi contract by 201. hange order since the approved 1994 budget allocated approximately $150,06b.00 construct dollars for this year's rehabilitation program." Visu -Sewer has performed satisfactorily on other jobs in th :fast within the city. It is therefore recommended that the CitvA, uncil award the 1994 Samtah( Sewer Rehabilitation Project to ' Visu -Sewer Clean &,S,-- Inc at a bid amount of $88,758.09: mS Attachment: Letter from darn dated September 16, 1994. c: Dave Hempel, Assistant City Enginee Jerry Boucher, Utility Superintendent Jon Horn, BRW gAeng\char1es\cc \94rehab.bid i Engineering Urban Design Thresher Square 700 Third Street So. Minneapolis, MN 55415 612/370 -0700 Fax 612/370 -1378 Denver Milwaukee Minneapolis Orlando Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle Donald W. Ringrose Richard P. Wolsfeld Thomas F. Carroll Craig A. Amundsen Donald E. Hunt John B. McNamara Richard D. Pilgrim Dale N. Beckmann Jeffery L. Benson Ralph C. Blum Gary J. Erickson John C. Lynch Paul N. Bay Sabri Ayaz Gary A. Ehret Anthony Heppelmann Arijs Pakalns Martha McPhee Howard P. Preston Dennis P. Probst September 16, 1994 Mr. Charles Folch, PE City Engineer City of Chanhassen 690 Coulter Drive Chanhassen, MN 55317 RE: 1994 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Program City Project 94-9 Dear Mr. Folch: On Thursday, September 15, 1994, bids were received and opened for the above - referenced project. Bids were received from two (2) contractors as follows: Contractor 1. Visu -Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. 2. Insituform Central, Inc. Engineer's Estimate Bid Amount $88,758.09 $113,876.90 $150,000.00 Both bids were submitted with proper bid guarantees in the amount of ten percent (10 %) of the total amount of the bid as required by the Project Manual. A bid tabulation was performed to verify the total bid amount and both bids were found to be correct. A bid tabulation is attached for your information. Only two bids were received due to the specialized nature of the work included as a part of the project. The two bidders are the only contractors in this area who are capable of performing the pipelining work which makes up a majority of the project. The low bid is substantially less than the Engineer's Estimate for the project, reflecting a competitive bid environment. The Engineer's Estimate was prepared using unit bid prices received over the past few years for similar work in Chanhassen. The low bidders unit bid price for the pipelining and test and seal work that make up a majority of the project are substantially less than the low bid prices received last year for similar work. B R W INC. Planning Transportation Engineering Urban Design Thresher Square 700 Third Street So. Minneapolis, MN 55415 612/370 -0700 Fax 612/370 -1378 Denver Milwaukee Minneapolis Orlando Phoenix Portland San Diego Seattle Donald W. Ringrose Richard P. Wolsfeld Thomas F. Carroll Craig A. Amundsen Donald E. Hunt John B. McNamara Richard D. Pilgrim Dale N. Beckmann Jeffery L. Benson Ralph C. Blum Gary J. Erickson John C. Lynch Paul N. Bay Sabri Ayaz Gary A. Ehret Anthony Heppelmann Arijs Pakalns Martha McPhee Howard P. Preston Dennis P. Probst September 16, 1994 Mr. Charles Folch, PE City Engineer City of Chanhassen 690 Coulter Drive Chanhassen, MN 55317 RE: 1994 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Program City Project 94-9 Dear Mr. Folch: On Thursday, September 15, 1994, bids were received and opened for the above - referenced project. Bids were received from two (2) contractors as follows: Contractor 1. Visu -Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. 2. Insituform Central, Inc. Engineer's Estimate Bid Amount $88,758.09 $113,876.90 $150,000.00 Both bids were submitted with proper bid guarantees in the amount of ten percent (10 %) of the total amount of the bid as required by the Project Manual. A bid tabulation was performed to verify the total bid amount and both bids were found to be correct. A bid tabulation is attached for your information. Only two bids were received due to the specialized nature of the work included as a part of the project. The two bidders are the only contractors in this area who are capable of performing the pipelining work which makes up a majority of the project. The low bid is substantially less than the Engineer's Estimate for the project, reflecting a competitive bid environment. The Engineer's Estimate was prepared using unit bid prices received over the past few years for similar work in Chanhassen. The low bidders unit bid price for the pipelining and test and seal work that make up a majority of the project are substantially less than the low bid prices received last year for similar work. . Charles Folch )tember 15, 1994 re 2 isu -Sewer Clean & Seal has performed other work with BRW as well as ►r the City of Chanhassen and we have found them to be an adequate )ntractor capable of performing the work required by this project. We, ierefore, recommend the award of the 1994 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation rogram, City Project 94-9, to Visu -Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc., for the low A amount of $88,758.09. isu -Sewer is capable of performing all work required by the project and , therefore, not proposing to use any subcontractors. the City Council chooses to award this project on September 26, 1994, to project schedule is as follows: Award Contract September 26, 1994 Preconstruction Conference October 5, 1994 Start Construction October 10, 1994 Complete Construction November 18, 1994 call if you have any questions or we can provide any additional Lncereiy, RW, INC. PE n File 2436A01