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r star STEVENS ENGINEERS November 6,2003 Mayor and City Council Members City of Elk River 13065 Orono Pkwy Elk River, MN 55330-5600 RE: Ice Rink Dasher Board Replacement Project-Bid Results Our File No.6008 Dear Mayor and City Council Members: On Thursday,-October 30, 2003 bids were opened for the Ice Rink Dasher Board Replacement Project, The low bid was $81,884.00 submitted by Commercial Refrigeration Systems located in Virginia, Minnesota. The bid are summarized below along with the engineer's estimate. Bidder Base Bid Alternate 1 Commercial Refrigeration Systems $81,884.00 $3,900.00 Athletics $109,340.00 ($4,685.00) Engineer's Estimate • $102,500.00 $0.00 Alternate Bid 1 -Change project schedule to May 5, 2004 through August 23, 2004 The spread between the two bids is not unusual in the dasher board industry. Both contractors were interviewed after the bid opening to discuss their bids. Factors that gave Commercial Refrigeration Systems the advantage over Athletica included the reuse of the existing gate sections,no travel expense, and their ability to build the steel frames for the player's box more efficiently. Commercial Refrigeration Systems is using Becker Arena Products as their subcontractor. Becker Arena Products is well respected in the dasher board industry. The low bid is substantially lower than the engineers estimate for some of the reason discussed above. The engineer's estimate was prepared.prior to opening the bids and is based on final plans. We have reviewed the bids and recommend awarding the contract to the low bidder Commercial Refrigeration Systems on the condition that the contrectorwill execute the contract documents and return them to the City within ten(10) days in conformance with the bidding documents. 1656 Livingstone Road •Hudson, WI 54016 715-386-5619 • 651-436-2075• 800-622-7670 •fax: 715-386.5879 •www.stevensengineera.com