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$14,700 will be issued under the existing as-needed professional services contract (13- 1109C). Bids A total of four bids were received ranging between $460,090 and $557,819. Additive bid items were also received with a total additive bids ranging between $81,334 and $140,234. The total engineer's estimate for the project was $635,000 with a breakdown for base bid item estimated at $556,776 and $86,322 estimate for all of the additive bid items. Per project documents, the ranking of the bid for project award purposes is based on the lowest of the total base bid items. The lowest total base bid of $460,090 was received from ETIC Engineering of Pleasanton Hill, California which is approximately 17% below engineer's estimate for the base bid items. The total additive bid items received from ETIC Engineering is $81,334, approximately 6% lower than the engineer's estimate for the additive bid items; the total bid received from ETIC Engineering of $541,424 is approximately 15% lower than the total engineer's estimate. All bid documents were found to be in order and past work performed by ETIC Engineering was verified to be satisfactory. References were also verified with other municipalities that have direct working experience with ETIC Engineering, all of which provided positive feedback and were all satisfied with the workmanship of ETIC Engineering. Staff recommends award of the construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder, ETIC Engineering. Budget Staff recommends that the contingency amount for this project be set at $54,140 approximately 10% of the construction contract for unforeseen conditions. A project funding and estimated expenditure summary is included as Attachment 2. Anticipated construction cost is $703,166, the majority of which is covered by local funding allocations previously approved by Council as part of the CIP (in FY 2013-14 and 2014-15), and federal grant funds. The remainder of the local funding that is required to complete this project is programmed in to the FY 2015-16 CIP budget that is presented to the Council for approval at this meeting (June 16, 2015). Schedule The proposed schedule for the project is as follows: Approval of Plans and Specifications/Award of Contract June 16, 2015 Start of Construction July 15, 2015 End of Construction October, 2015 Page 4 of 5