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e e ArcevED ~-l{)-!t~ COMM. DEV. U] REY DE LA REZA AlA. ARCHITECTS 1245 West 18th Street, Suite B Houston, Texas 77008 713/868-3121 10 March 1988 Mr. Joel H. Albrecht Director of Community Development CITY OF LA PORTE P.O. Box 1115 La Porte, Texas 77571 RE: Bay Forest Golf Clubhouse - Job. No. 1043 Dear Joel, As per your request, we have interviewed three of the low bidders for the Bay Forest Golf Clubhouse Project, and reviewed their Qualification statements. The three bidders we met with are: Builders Construction (Jim Lindsey, Owner/President), the low bidder; Allgood Construction Company (Sterling "Sam" Moore, President), the second low bidder; and G.C.I. (Donna Nevelow, Project Manager), the fourth low bidder over-all, but second low bidder if only the building is considered. From our interviews we have concluded that there are no major advantages or disadvantages of anyone of the bidders over the others. We have no personal knowledge of anyone of these bidders as far as the quality of their work is concerned. None of the three bidders have particularly strong backgrounds as firms, however the individuals have extensive construction experience. Therefore, considering the fact that the Clubhouse project is not complex, and that the Builder will be fully bonded, we feel comfortable in recommending that the City of La Porte accept the low bidder, Builders Construction's Base Bid of $255,930. Our initial reaction to Builders Construction's Base Bid breakdown was that their number of $169,930 for the Clubhouse Building portion of the work was too low. However, at their own initiative and without any indication from us about our concerns, they revised their breakdown to the following figures: $195,628 for the building and $60,302 for the site work. Both of these numbers come very close to our cost estimates. The $195,628 for the building equates to $48.90 per square foot, which is within our $50 per square foot budget.