Resolution - #20-254 - 11/10/2020

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Councilmember Kuzma introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #20-254 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR BID PACKAGE # 2 FOR THE NEW RAMSEY PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #20-07 WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has planned for a new public works facility and added it to our Capital Improvement Plan in 2006; and WHEREAS, the location of the new for the new public works facility was purchased in 2008 adjacent to the current facility and that purchase was finalized in 2013; and WHEREAS, a third party architectural firm (BKV Group) was hired in 2015 to perform a space needs analysis to determine the size of facility needed to serve the public works departments needs for now and 30-50 years into the future.; and WHEREAS, the old facility consists of three buildings and multiple off site storage locations, the new site will contain all public works functions and equipment at one centralized location ; and th WHEREAS, on September 10 2019 Ramsey City Council entered into a contract with RJM Construction to provide construction management services for the new Ramsey public works facility; and th WHEREAS, on February 11 2020 Ramsey City Council entered into a contract with Oertel Architectural to provide design and engineering services for the new Ramsey Public Works Facility; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-148 adopted July 14, 2020, the City Council approved plans and specifications and authorized advertisements for bid on Quest CDN for Bid Package #1 for the New City of Ramsey Public Works facility. A total of ninety (90) bids and quotes were received for ten (10) bid categories and five (5) quote categories WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution #20-171 adopted September 8, 2020, Bids were received, opened, and tabulated on August 26, 2020. The bids of the listed contractors in amount of $6,138,361.00 for the Base Bid for Bid Package # 1 and $441,938.00 for Alternate # 1 for construction of the new City of Ramsey Public Works Facility in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and advertisement for bids, is the lowest responsible bidder, regardless of whether Alternate #1 is awarded in addition to the base bid, and their bid shall be and hereby is accepted. WHEREAS, on October 28, 2020, bids and quotes were received at the City of Ramsey for construction of the New City of Ramsey Public Works Facility project. We are excited to report that there was great interest in the project in that a total of one hundred eight three (183) bids and quotes were received for the fifteen (15) bid categories and seventeen (17) quote categories. Please find attached a summary by trade for each of these bid and quote categories for your reference. At this time