DEPARTMENT: Parks
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Award Bid And Execute Contract With Ames Construction, Inc. For Construction Of Fort Snelling Segment Of Minnesota River Greenway In City Of Eagan And Amend 2025 Parks Capital Improvement Program Budget, County Project P00127
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize award and execute contract with Ames Construction, Inc. to provide general contractor services for the Fort Snelling segment of the Minnesota River Greenway and amend the 2025 Parks Capital Improvement budget to facilitate bridge construction.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Board of Commissioners adopted the Minnesota River Greenway Plan by Resolution No.11-516 (October 18, 2011), with several segments and trailheads constructed in fulfillment of the plan. A 3.26-mile trail and a 0.32-mile pedestrian bridge through Fort Snelling State Park are the remaining segments needed to complete the greenway (Attachment: Project Map). Construction of the trail portion of the project began in November 2023 and is ongoing. Design and permitting of the bridge portion of the project was completed in 2024, and the County advertised for bids for construction of the project on February 14, 2025, with bids due on March 10, 2025. One bid was received by the deadline on March 10, 2025:
Bidder: Bid Amount
Ames Construction, Inc. $8,858,710
The apparent low bidder is Ames Construction, Inc. The low bid is approximately 28.2 percent higher than the engineer's estimate of $6,908,069. A review of the bid showed that material costs related to several concrete components as well as the truss structure for the bridge accounted for the entirety of the cost difference between the estimate and the received bid. Staff at Bolton & Menk, Inc., design consultant and construction administrator for the greenway bridge, reviewed the bid and bidder qualifications and found the bid from Ames to be responsive and responsible. County staff further reviewed the bid ...
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