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CASE # AWARD CONTRACT FOR PUMPHOUSE NO. 3 (IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #00-29) By: Brian Olson, City Engineer Bill Goodrich, City Attorney Background (the 2001 Bid Process): Wellhouse No. 3 is proposed to be constructed approximately 1000 feet due south of Well No. 4 in the City's western well field located in Section 28. Plans and specifications have been prepared by Bolton & Menk, Inc. and bids were opened on Wednesday, September 19, 2001. Bids were received from 5 contractors and ranged from $437,600 to $524,000. Rice Lake Construction Group provided the low base bid. Included in the 2001 Capital Improvements Program is an item to install a generator in the wellhouse to retain power through periods of power outages and provide cost savings to the City of Ramsey during periods of high energy demands. The generator was bid as an alternate to the base bid and ranged from $82,000 to $100,000. The bid from Rice Lake Construction Group for the generator was $100,000. If the alternate bid for the generator is considered, as it was last year, the low bid was provided by Magney Construction, Inc. Magney Construction, Inc. has the necessary experience to successfully complete the wellhouse project. An additional alternate was bid as part of this process. The alternate identified as Alternate Bid B on the attached resolution is for the addition of face brick. The face brick is typical to our other pumphouses and gives the building a more decorative look. Due to the pumphouse being located in the possible Towne Center area, Staff is recommending leaving that alternate out of the bid and giving the pumphouse a more generic look until the architecture of the area is defined more clearly. There is a benefit to installing the generator during the construction of the wellhouse. With the construction of the wellhouse there is also a Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system that will be installed. SCADA is a system that transfers information to parts that are integral to the operation of the system. If a power outage is encountered, the SCADA system tells the generator to turn on thereby ensuring continuous operation and water to the residents of Ramsey. The installation of the generator under the same Contract ensures that all facets of the system work prior to release of final payment. As a part of this bidding process, we gave the Contractors the option of supplying an alternate to the SCADA that was specified. The deducts that were offered ranged from $20,000 - $40,000 with Magney supplying a deduct of $40,000 for using Automatic Systems instead of the SCADA system that specified. 3 -107-