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Per project documents, the ranking of the bids for project award purposes is based on the lowest of the total base bid items. The lowest total base bid of $10,301,684.93 was received from Goodland Landscape Construction Inc. of Tracy, California which is approximately 32% below the engineer's estimate for the base bid items. The total additive bid items received from Goodland Landscape is $1,885,306.50, approximately 18% above the engineer's estimate for the additive bid items. However, combining both the base bid and all the additive bid items, the total bid received from Goodland Landscape of $12,186,991.43 is approximately 27.5% lower than the total engineer's estimate of $16.8 Million. All bid documents received from Goodland Landscape were found to be in order and past work performed by this contractor was verified to be satisfactory. References were also verified with other municipalities that have direct working experience with Goodland Landscape, all of which provided positive feedback and were all satisfied with the workmanship of Goodland Landscape. Staff is recommending award of the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Goodland Landscape Construction Inc. As indicated, the bid documents includes seven add/alternates to allow the City flexibility in constructing only portions of the project or the entire project. A summary of the add/alternates is as follows: For the park area, the alternates include: 1. Replacement of standard concrete with the installation of granite pavers in various portions of the main plaza area to provide architectural interest in this area. Alternate 1 Cost - $82,464 2. Installation of a shade structure over portions of the Field 1 seating area. Alternate 2 Cost - $239,000 During the project design phase, the project architect and various users consulted on the project indicated the shade structure would be critical to provide a degree of comfort during high temperature afternoons on the main sports fields. 3. Split Rail Fencing along Bernal Avenue from Oak Vista Way to Pleasanton Avenue. Alternate 3 Cost - $116,625 Staff is also recommending funding an additional $210,000 to extend this fencing along Oak Vista Way from Bernal Ave to Valley Avenue and on Valley Avenue from Pleasanton Avenue to Oak Vista Way to provide a visually pleasing border for the Oak Woodland area. The fencing will also provide security to prevent access during the period that the Oak Woodland area is maturing. This work was not included in the bid documents and will require a change order with the contractor. Page 4 of 9