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i<imley>»Horn <br />March 30, 2016 <br />Mr. Arjuna Weragoda, P.E <br />Indian River County Utilities <br />1801 27th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />RE• North Hobart Water Treatment Plant Membrane Replacement <br />Bid No 2016025 <br />KHA Job No. 044572036 <br />Dear Mr. Weragoda, <br />IRCU publicly advertised the bid documents and scheduled a mandatory pre-bid meeting held <br />on February 10, 2016 to discuss this project with potential bidders. On February 29, 2016 <br />bids were publicly opened and read. A bid tabulation was prepared (attached) that includes <br />a summary of the Total Bid Amounts for the two (2) bids that were received. The base bids <br />ranged from $682,971 to $776,872 for the base bid and $964,101 to $1,041,629 for the base <br />bid with the additive alternates. The Engineer's Opinion of Probable Construction Cost for the <br />project was estimated at $558,400 for the base bid and $798,400 for the base bid with additive <br />alternates, but did not include any of the addendum #1 items, of which could be estimated <br />upwards of $50,000. Therefore, the base bid opinion of probable cost is at least $608,000, <br />which includes. only a small contingency. <br />Hydranautics did not participate in the bids for this project and did not provide pricing of their <br />specified elements. It is unclear as to why they did not bid the project, but may have influenced <br />the intended competitive nature of the bid, and inflated the DOW-FiImTEC pricing. <br />Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has reviewed the bid proposal for the apparent low bidder <br />for completeness with respect to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The results of <br />our review follows: <br />• No math errors were found on the Bid Forms. <br />• Signed addendum #1 for both bidders <br />• Both bidders submitted the documentation requested by the bid (General Information <br />Required of Bidders). <br />• The Bid Form was not signed nor the total base bid price in words filled out for the <br />Aerex Industries, Inc.bid. <br />With respect to the unsigned bid form, a signature indicates a firm's acceptance of the <br />invitation to bid, including the specifications and terms and conditions, and the firm's <br />commitment to their bid. The signature provides Indian River County assurance that the bidder <br />kmley ho nRco <br />itaai6�'�+s�Y: <br />920 ekiva W4". uitb42003U esi4aiin'10 ch IAAA <br />r <br />,58 fj8:45 06654 <br />40 <br />