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CDM camp Dresser & McKee Inc. <br />William F. McCain, P.E. <br />Page 2 <br />Very truly yours, <br />CAMP DRESSER & McKEE INC. <br />Eric J. Grotke, P.E. <br />EJG/kmn <br />Enclosure <br />File: 6706-13899-070 <br />cc: D. Hubbs <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED <br />BY Commissioner Ginn, to approve staff's recommendation <br />(Reject all bids and proceed with re -bid, as quickly as possible, <br />and authorize the Chairman to execute Addendum No. 2 to the <br />November 14, 1995 contract with Camp Dresser and McKee, <br />Inc. for re -bid services in an amount not -to -exceed $10,1000.) <br />Commissioner Adams was not opposed to rebidding, but to paying CDM an additional <br />$10,000 to do it. She wanted to know why an additional cost. <br />Larry Adams, a representative from Camp Dresser and McKee, advised that they will <br />be preparing a major Addendum to the original bid documents as well as re -issue the <br />Addendum to the contractors and answer questions. <br />Commissioner Adams was concerned as to why the first set of bids was too high, and <br />Mr. Adams believed that the construction industry viewed some of the items to be more <br />costly than CDM had estimated. He stated that CDM's job is to estimate costs, not estimate <br />bids; there are many factors that influence bids. He thought their estimate was within 10% <br />of the low bid; they would have liked to have been at the second or third low bid. They got <br />together with County staff to look at various ways to bring it down in order to have a project <br />more within the target amount that the County had budgeted. <br />In response to Commissioner Adams' inquiry, Capital Projects Engineer William F. <br />McCain, P.E. advised that $656,500 was the amount already paid out to CDM for design <br />May 12, 1998 <br />63 <br />