1984-05-23 Called Regular Meeting

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11 •+-- } J • • MINUTES OF MEETING • Re Purpose: Date :_ Location: Attendees: • u Discussion City of La Porte Cleaning, Television Inspection, and Point Repairs for Portions of Sanitary Sewer Collection System To discuss awarding a construction contract for the referenced project. May 4, 1984 at 1:30 p.m. Turner Collie & Braden's offices Jack Uwens Char le s Dippe 1 Joe Hedding Arch McNeill Paul Rushing Bruce Baumel Frank Marino City of La Porte Sears & Burns Turner Collie & Braden Turner Collie & Braden Turner Collie & Braden Turner Collie & Braden Turner Collie & Braden 1. The bid tabulation was reviewed. The apparent low bidder is Baytown Construction, second bidder is Reliance Construction, and third bidder is Channel Construction. 2. No obvious irregularities were found with the proposal section (bid items) of the bid documents for the apparent low and third bidder. However, the second low bidder's unit price for Item No. 19, Removal and Replacement of House Taps, seems to indicate a misunderstanding of Addendum No. 1 concerning this Item or an unbalancing of the bid. 3. Earlier in the day, the second low bidder had indicated his intention to protest the award of contract to the apparent low bidder because the latter's documents did not include executed MBE forms. - - -- ' - - 4. The ability of the apparent low bidder to successfully complete the project was discussed because his bid -is approximately 59 percent lower than that of the second low bidder (44-percent lower than Engineer's estimate). In addition, the apparent low bidder's qualification statement does not indicate any past experience in the cleaning and television inspection area. 5. The bids of the other two bidders are not desirable since they are approximately 40 percent higher than the Engineer's estimate. 6. If the low bidder is selected, a protest may occur based on his not including executed MBE forms with his proposal. H,is ability -1- L= a- M