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CITY of ORONO <br />Municipal Offices <br />Street Address; <br />2750 Kelley Pai[kway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />Mailing Address: <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay. MN 55323-0066 <br />Douglas and Martha Head <br />1616 W 22nd St. <br />Minneapolis MN 55405 <br />Dear Mr, & Mrs. Head; <br />On March 17, we opened bids for the sewer forcemain project to serve your Lake Minnetonka property. The only <br />bid received was from M & P Utilities of Hamel Minnesota and is for $43,789.50. This bid does not include the <br />$5,000 allowance for tht; grinder station that was included in the original cost estimate. With this bid, plus the <br />$5,000 grinder station credit and the other associated costs, the total estimated project cost would be $64,780. <br />The contractor stated that they were extremely busy this year because of the large amount of directional boring <br />work for utility companijs. They also had some co.ncems about boat traffic in the channel interfering with their <br />ability to monitor the boring progress from their boat. The contractor suggested that being able to complete this <br />work early in the spring when they could get out on the ice may be easier. <br />We have discussed »his issue and suggest that rebidding this project with two alternates may result in more <br />contractor interest and favorable bid prices. Alternate 1 would be to rebid this project for completion this summer, <br />to see if more contractors will submit bids. Alternate 2 would be to allow the contractors until next year to <br />complete the project. This would allow completion of the project when there is ice on the channel and monitoring <br />of the boring may be easier. This may result in lower bid prices as the contractors would have more flexibility- <br />in their scheduling, and may also be interested in securing work for next year. <br />Please review this information and provide us direction on how you would like us to proceed with this project. <br />Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please contact myself at 612-249-4621, or Tom Kellogg, Bonestroo <br />Engineers at 651-604-4863 should you have any questions regarding this project. <br />Sincerely, <br />Greg Gappa <br />Director of Public Services <br />Copy Tom Kellogg, Bonestroo Engineers <br />Telephone (612) 47y‘13S7 • FAX 473-0510