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Consider acceptance of low bid for new City Hall project
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Presented By: Kurt Hodgen, City Manager.
Recommendation and Review:
Bids for the new City Hall project were opened on Thursday, May 1. A copy of the bid results is attached. Local contractor Nielsen was the apparent low bidder at $9,214,000. Five firms submitted bids and the difference between the lowest and highest bids was $566,000.00. The low bid was also $301,000 lower than the architect's estimate.Going back to the early stages of this project, the estimated construction cost was $7.5M. Since that time, however, the Atrium was added, along with an emergency generator properly, and a basement level for the building. Finally, there were some site changes that resulted from including the Atrium and making changes to the parking plan in order to accommodate a potential future Farmers Market expansion and possible park. Staff and the project architect recommend accepting the low bid.