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March 25, 2014 <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />City of Pequot Lakes <br />4638 County Road 11 <br />Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 <br />RE: North Washington Avenue Improvements <br />Engineer's Letter of Recommendation for Bid Award <br />WSN No. 013060051.000 <br />Dear Mayor and City Council: <br />�WIDSETH <br />,SMITH <br />NOLTING <br />RrninerA/Itaxtcr <br />]8041ntlus[rial Park Road <br />PO Box 2]20 <br />Haxter, MN 56425-2�2� <br />218.829.5111 � <br />218.829.2511 � <br />s�a��em@ws�,.�s.�om o <br />W Itlse[hSmithNOlting.com <br />Pursuant to authority of the City Council and after proper legal advertisement, bids for the <br />referenced project were obtained at 10:00 AM in the Pequot Lakes City Hall on March 25, 2014. <br />The following BASE Bids were received: <br />DeChantal Excavating $185,190.54 <br />Schrupp Excavating $196,894.70 <br />Anderson Brothers Construction $197,383.64 <br />Pratt's Affordable Excavating $212,564.00 <br />Engineer's Estimate $234,824.50 <br />Details of all bids are shown on the attached Tabulation of Bids. The bids were conforming to <br />the plans, specifications, and advertisement. <br />NOTE, as the Council directed, several alternate bids were provided. The Bidding Documents <br />indicated that it would be the intent of the City Council to award the project based on the best <br />combination of the Base Bid and any Alternates as determined by the Ciry Councii. <br />We recommend that the Con4ract be awarded to DeChantal Excavating, the lowest responsible <br />bidder, on the basis of the unit prices on the bid proposal. If the Council is sure they want to <br />implement any of the Alternates at this time, we suggest the Council clarify in their motion to <br />award. <br />WIDSETH SMITH NOLTING <br />�� ��� � <br />Timothy M. Houle, P.E. <br />Enc. (Tabutation of Bids — 2 pages; and Combination of Bids — one page) <br />]:�0130B-Ciry of Pequo[ Lakes�013080051-Pequot Lakes - N Washington [mprovemen6�0130B0051.000-Pequot Lakes - N Washington <br />ImpfoVemenLS\Bid Information\013080051.000 RECOMMEND-LlR.doc <br />8i�gineering I Acchitecture I Swveying I Environmental <br />