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64 4th Street North <br />Suite 300 <br />Fargo, ND 58102 <br />www.jacobs.com <br />CH2M HILL Engineers, Inc. <br />WP43D5_RecommendationofAward_Ltr_2020-0416 <br />April 16, 2020 <br />Metro Flood Diversion Authority Attention: Tim Mahoney, Chair <br />211 9th Street South, Box 2806 <br />Fargo, ND 58108 <br />Subject: Work Package 43D5 OHB Ring Levee, Hickson Main Avenue Storm Sewer, Drainage and <br />Street Reconstruction - Recommendation of Award <br />Dear Board Members: <br />The contract for construction of Work Package 43D5 (WP-43D5), OHB Ring Levee, Hickson Main Avenue <br />Storm Sewer, Drainage and Street Reconstruction, was publicly bid and three (3) bids were received at the <br />public bid opening on April 14, 2020. <br />The bids received, in the amounts of $1,038,423.86, $1,111,837.15, and $1,197,020.00, are within eight <br />(8) percent of each other. This bid consistency generally indicates that the bidding documents were <br />explicit and the bidders understood the scope of the work. The low bid is thirty eight (38) percent higher <br />than the Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Cost (OPC), which was based on past projects of similar <br />construction type but did not include provisions for additional WIFIA contracting requirements and <br />uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, bid prices for one bid item, 54-inch dia. RCP pipe, were <br />uniformly higher than the OPC, but compared to other recent bid prices are consistent with market prices. <br />With the addition of new WIFIA contracting requirements, economic uncertainty surrounding the COVID- <br />19 response, and confirmation of market pricing for the 54-inch dia. RCP pipe, the higher bid totals seem <br />reasonable. The low bid appears to be a full and valid bid. <br />Jacobs, Program Management Consultant (PMC), has reviewed and evaluated the bids and recommends <br />the Metro Flood Diversion Authority award the construction contract for WP-43D5 to KPH, Inc. in the <br />amount of $1,038,423.86 as the lowest responsive bidder. Enclosed are the project Bid Summary and a <br />copy of KPH Inc.’s bid. <br />Please contact me at john.glatzmaier@jacobs.com if you have any questions regarding this <br />recommendation. <br />Attachment 03