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DATE: APRIL 11� 1990 .
TQ: MAYOR & COUNCIL MEMBERS
C/O ADMINISTI2ATOR JILK
FROM: CITY EN6INEER/PUBLIC WORRS DIRECTOR HEFTI
RE: ITEM FOR THE AFRIL 17, 1990 COUNCIL AGENDA
OLD BUSINE88
Reject Bids for Chippendale 5treet Im�rovements City Contract 1989-
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For this it�m I would request that Council reject bids for the contract for
Chippendale Avenue Street Improvements. The reason being that we received
only one bid on Friday, April 13th. This is rare especially when there
were 12 bidholders. The only bid ($618, 508.81) was 17% over the engineers
estimate ($527, 121) . We couldn't have awarded a contract anyway because
too much time has past since Council approved this project in December of
1988 . The Statutes require a contract be awarded within one year after the
Council orders a project to go in. Our one year time period expired
December of 1989. In my discussions with MnDOT it was apparent that they
would not be going ahead with their project in 1990 as they had once
indicated, but rather in 1991. I then plaeed this project on the back
burner and unfortunately forgot about the time limitation regarding the
contract award, which is a moot point now because of the bid situation.
The procedure we need to follow now is to readvertise for bids and hold a
new public hearing for this project. The Engineering Department will be
coming back to Council at the May 1, 1990 meeting with the appropriate
resolutions and documentation to set the public hearing for May 15, 1990
and readvertise for bids.
Recommended action for Council to consider is to reject the bid.