The Sherburne County Board Tuesday approved the bids for the second phase of the Government Center expansion project.
So far, the new parking lot is completed and work continues on excavation for the new building and site utilities.
Phase II incudes structural steel supply, steel installation and concrete work.
Tuesday’s bid award includes $1,259,100 to Northland Concrete for cast-in-place concrete, $954,300 to Central MM Fabrication for supplying structural steel and $574,000 to Danny’s Construction Company to erect the steel.
Carey Everson with Adolfson & Peterson said the three bids came in $540,219 less than the engineer’s estimate. But she also said they failed to get any company to bid on the elevator package, estimated at $1,285,000
“Due to our best efforts in getting elevator folks to get bids in when we asked for them, that didn’t quite work out,” she said.
She said that portion of the Phase II will be bid again, with a due date of Nov. 19.
“Why do you anticipate we’ll get bids this time?” asked Commissioner Felix Schmiesing.
“We’re currently seeking comments from some of the suppliers to see what we can do to make it a little bit more interesting for them,” she said. “One company said the controls for the security components were more complicated than they expected, so they ran out of time to put their number together. We’re looking at modifying the specifications.”
“I’m convinced that once we’ve revisited the specs that we’ll have three or four bidders on that,” said Administrator Steve Taylor.
Everson said the bid package for Phase III, which includes the remainder of the project, should be ready for release Jan. 6.
The entire project cost estimate is $63 million.
New Sign
The board approved the purchase of a double-sided digital reader board at a cost not to exceed $34,000. The board will replace the current wooden Sherburne County Fair sign near the intersection of Joplin Street and Business Center
Drive. In addition to county fair dates, the sign can be used for multiple messages, like amber alerts, weather conditions and accident information.
Other Business
In other action the board:
• Approved the oath of office of Roger Fellows, Sherburne County Assistant County Attorney;
• Approved a contract with Collaborative Planning Group to assist with evaluation services for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program at a cost of $9,750 plus travel costs;
• Approved a contract between Sherburne County Planning & Zoning and Watab, Inc. for services related to the review and inspection of Type IV and Type V sewer systems. Costs will be paid by the landowner;
• Adopted the Sherburne County Park, Trail and Active Living plan, and the county’s landscape and streetscape guidelines;
• Authorized the auditor/treasurer to call for bids for 2017 publications of the county’s financial statement, alternate financial statement and delinquent tax list;
• Approved a contract with Braun Intertec for $25,498 for Phase I of Grams Park development. Services include, engineering, taking soil borings to determine the depth of piles for the proposed boardwalk and lab testing of the materials.
