City opens bids for Hawthorne Avenue storm sewer relief well and CIP pipelining phase 4
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Summary
City staff opened bids for two public-works contracts: a Hawthorne Avenue storm sewer relief well (contract 1066) and Fiscal Year 2025 CIP pipelining Phase 4 (contract 1118). Staff announced engineer estimates and bidders; no award was made at the opening.
City staff opened and announced bids for two public-works contracts during a bid-opening session. The first was for the Hawthorne Avenue storm sewer lift station relief well, contract No. 1066; the second was for the Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) pipelining Phase 4, contract No. 1118.
The Hawthorne Avenue relief-well project had an engineer's estimate of $300,000. Two bids were opened: Northway Well and Pump Company of Marion, Iowa, submitted a bid of $444,750 and provided a 5 percent bid security; the Kahoy Group of Sumner, Iowa, submitted a bid of $349,931 and provided a 5 percent bid security. Staff did not make an award during the opening; bids were recorded.
For the FY2025 CIP pipelining Phase 4 project, staff announced a total project estimate of $1,298,110.33 and a engineers' base-bid estimate that staff read as approximately $1,000,023. Four bidders submitted base bids and 5 percent bid securities. In Situ Form Technologies USA LLC of Chesterfield, Missouri, submitted a base bid of $1,425,239.41 with alternate A at $159,972.70. National Power Rodting of Chicago, Illinois, submitted a base bid of $1,330,109.70 with alternate A at $192,066.50 and alternate B at $164,670.75. HydroKleen LLC of Des Moines, Iowa, submitted a base bid of $913,987.03 with alternate 1 at $128,166.65 and alternate B at $108,519.75. Municipal Pipe Tool of Hudson, Iowa, submitted a base bid of $839,160.75 with alternate A at $142,325.75 and alternate B at $120,432.25.
No motions, votes, or awards were recorded at the bid opening; the session was the public reading and documentation of submitted bids. The next procurement step, including bidder qualification review and staff recommendation for award (if any), was not discussed or specified during the recorded remarks.
Staff noted that each bid included the required 5 percent bid security. The announcements did not specify funding sources, project schedules, or target award dates.
Votes at a glance: none — bids were opened and read; no awards or formal votes occurred during the session.