DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Award Of Bid And Authorization To Execute Contract With Tech Logic Corporation For Automated Materials Handling System At South St. Paul Library
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a contract with Tech Logic Corporation to provide the Automated Materials Handing (AMH) system for the South St. Paul Library. This project is included in the 2022 Building Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Adopted Budget.
SUMMARY
The South St. Paul Library project is currently under construction. A key component of this new library is an AMH system to process returns from both the interior and exterior book drops. The new system will utilize seven bins and be expandable. It will allow multiple items to be returned by library customers and will separate stacked items for reading Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and sorting into bins. The library design includes a purpose-built room for this machine to be housed.
Bid documents were prepared by staff with the professional design support of BKV Group. The project was formally advertised, and two competitive bids were received on November 8, 2022. Of the two bids received, only the bid from Tech Logic Corporation was responsive to the requirements of the bid documents. Critically, fire suppression on the AMH system itself was a requirement of the bid documents and for all new Dakota County Library AMH installations. The other bid received stated that a fire suppression system at the external book drop would not be provided and so was deemed non-responsive. The bid from Tech Logic Corporation included a bid bond and acknowledged the single Addendum. The responsive bid from Tech Logic Corporation was $216,773.80.
RECOMMENDATION
recommendation
Staff recommends, after reviewing the qualifications of the low bidder, award to Tech Logic Corporation as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in an amount not to exceed ...
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