4.2.A. SR 07-10-2000Item~4.2.A
Howard R, Green Company
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
July 5, 2000
File: 808200-0060
The Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of Elk River
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
RE:
MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
CONSTRUCTION BIDS
CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA
Dear Council Members:
We will be opening construction bids for the Main Street Improvements from CSAH 13 west to
the railroad tracks on Friday, July 7th, 2000. AS you are aware, this is the project that improves
Main Street near the Elk River Crossing development, along with some water main construction
and an overlay from Carson Avenue to the railroad tracks. We will have the bids tabulated and
ready to present to the City Council at your meeting on July 10th, 2000.
Sincerely,
Howard R. Green Company
Terry J.'Maurer, P.E.
TJM/mjw
Ltr-070500-MayorCouncil--Bids.doc
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Howard R. Green Oompany
QQNSULTING ENGINEERS
July 10, 2000
File: 808200J-0060
Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of Elk River
13065 Orono Parkway
P.O. Box 490
Elk River, MN 55330-0490
RE: MAIN STREET CONSTRUCTION BIDS
Dear Council Members:
Last Friday, July 7, 2000, we opened bids for the improvements on Main Street between
CSAH 13 and the railroad tracks. As you are aware, this project includes road
improvements necessary for Elk River Crossing, watermain improvements requested by
the Elk River Municipal Utilities, and an overlay of Main Street between Carson Street
and the railroad tracks. There were a total of four bidders. The following list provides
the bidders' names and total bids:
Hardrives, Inc.
Bauerly Bros., Inc.
North Valley Inc.
Forest Lake Contracting, Inc.
$847,023.37
859,859.66
882,214.62
954,057.95
Further analysis of the Iow bid submitted by Hardrives, Inc., indicates that of the total bid,
approximately $312,250 is attributable to the watermain requested by the Elk River
Municipal Utilities. Approximately $62,100 is attributable to the overlay of Main Street
between Carson Street and the railroad tracks, and approximately $28,750 is attributable
to a left turn lane into the Earl Hohlen property on the west side of TH 169. That leaves
approximately $444,000 associated with the improvements necessary for Elk River
Crossing. One additional note regarding the improvements necessary for Elk River
Crossing, the signal work at the Main Street and TH 169 and Main Street and CSAH 13
intersections will be bid as a separate contract. This project will be entirely the
responsibility of the developers of Elk River Crossing.
We would recommend award to Hardrives, Inc., as the lowest responsible bidder. The
award should be conditioned on two items. First is approval by Elk River Municipal
Utilities of the watermain component of the project and agreement to pay for their share.
The second condition should be that the developers of Elk River Crossing place with the
City an amount equal to their construction costs plus field engineering overhead. Field
engineering overhead should be approximately 10% of the total construction cost.
Ltr 7-10-00 bid results
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