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league naill & perkins '', — Anpinacom
February 27, 2013
Mr. John Elias
Park Operations Manager
City of Coppell
816 S. Coppell Rd.
Coppell, TX 75019
RE: EROSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ANDY BROWN PARK EAST AND ALEX
DRIVE CANAL
(TNP No. CPL1 1 185 /CPL1 1248)
Dear John,
On Thursday, February 21, 2013 bids were received at 10:00 AM for the above
referenced project. A total of five formal bids were received, then opened and initially
read as follows:
Contractor /Bidder
Total Amount Bid
JDK Associates, Inc.
$
1,221,782.13
Ark Contracting Services, LLC
$
1,417,923.00
DCI Contracting, Inc.
$
1,498,130.00
HQS Construction, LLC
$
1,709,305.00
Northstar Construction, Inc.
$
1,91 1,213.00
In the process of examining and checking the bids, the following errors were found in the bid
extensions and /or totals for Quality Excavation, LTD. and AUI Contractors, Inc.:
JDK Associates, Inc. —
1. Item No. 28 showed an incorrect total. Per the Instructions to Bidders Item 19.2, the
total was corrected in favor of the unit price. This correction increased the Total
Amount Bid by $23,390.32.
2. Item No. 33 had "Fifty Thousand Eighty," for the unit cost written in words, and
"$15,080" written in numerals. In accordance with NCTCOG Item 102.4, the lower
of the two has been used, as it is in favor of the owner.
3. Several bid items, including; 6, 8 -14, 16 -17, 25 -27, 36 -37, 39, 42, and 44 had
minor multiplication errors ranging from $0.02 to $32.20. After correcting all items
the total bid amount increased by $20.67.
With these corrections the adjusted bid tabulation results in the following official bid totals:
Contractor /Bidder
Total Amount Bid
JDK Associates, Inc.
$
1,245,202.46
Ark Contracting Services, LLC
$
1,417,923.00
DCI Contracting, Inc.
$
1,498,130.00
HQS Construction, LLC
$
1,709,305.00
Northstar Construction, Inc.
$
1,91 1,213.00
engineers
surveyors
landscape architects
Fort Worth - 1 100 Macon Street- Fort Worth, Texas 76102 - 81 7.336.5773 Dallas - 17304 Preston Road, Suite 1340 - Dallas, Texas 75252 - 21 4.461.9867
Denton -1517 Centre Place Drive, Suite 320 - Denton, Texas 76205 - 940.383.4177 tlnel, Sherman -200 North Travis Street, Suite 500 - Sherman, Texas 75090 - 903.870.1089
Registered by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, Firm No. F -230 - Registered by the Texas Board of Professional Surveyors, Firm No. 100116-00
At your request, we have evaluated the low bid and found it to be complete and
responsive. Therefore, based on our prior experience with this contractor, and the responses
we received from their references, as well as our discussions with them regarding their (a)
understanding of the project scope; (b) proposed approach for the execution and
completion of the work; and (c) apparent availability of adequate resources to complete
the project with the conditions outlined in the contract /bid documents, we are of the opinion
the award of contract should be to JDK Associates, Inc. for the total amount bid of
$1,245,202.46.
A detailed bid tabulation is attached for your review. If you have any questions or require
any additional information, please do not hesitate to call me at 817- 336 -5773.
Sincerely,
tnp
teague Hall & erkins
Kyle Dykes, P.E., CF
Attachment
Cc: Mr. Keith Marvin, P.E. — City of Coppell