Resolution - #22-033 - 01/25/2022

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Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION#22-033 RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS FOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT TRUNK WATERMAIN IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #21-08 WHEREAS,pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 419-248 adopted October 8, 2019, five (5) proposals were accepted and a professional services contract was awarded to SEH,Inc. for the purpose of analyzing the City's municipal water supply system source water, developing a water system model, and preparing a preliminary design report for a centralized water treatment plant to ensure that the City's municipal water supply system will continue to provide adequate quantities of safe drinking water into the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 421-061 adopted March 9, 2021, a professional services contract was awarded to SEH, Inc. for all design and construction services needed to allow the trunk watermain improvements needed to support the centralized water treatment plant to be designed, bid, and constructed before the water treatment plant is constructed; and WHEREAS, funds required to pay for the trunk watermain improvements have been collected from municipal water supply users and are available to fund the proposed improvements, and WHEREAS,pursuant to Ramsey City Council Resolution 421-303 adopted October 26, 2022, the final plans and specifications prepared by SEH, Inc. were approved and advertisements for bids were authorized for said improvements, and WHEREAS, bids were advertised on QuestCDN, an online bidding platform, and inthe Anoka Union Herald and in Finance and Commerce on October 29 and November 5, 2021; and WHEREAS, bids were received, opened, and tabulated on January 4, 2022, and the following bids were found to comply with the advertisement for bids; and CONTRACTOR TOTAL SCHEDULE 1 TOTAL SCHEDULE 2 BID BID Park Construction Co. $6,737,287.45 $7,059,102.16 Forest Lake Contracting, Inc. $7,652,529.55 $8,391,994.66 Engineer's Estimate $4,875,068.50 $4,916,194.50 WHEREAS, all bids received for the total schedule 1 bid and the total schedule 2 bid were in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and advertisement for bids but exceeded the engineer's estimate by 38-percent or more, which is more than the City can reasonably fund at this time so all bids are hereby rejected.