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7. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd <br />Mr. C. Wayne Brownell referred to the Tabulations of Bids <br />(w ich consisted of seven pages), with the low bidder <br />being Arco Engineering Construction Corporation, in base <br />biJ amount of $277,555.57, plus Alternates "A" through <br />"M" amounting to $35,917.85. The low bid, however, is <br />hi her than the engineer's estimate, which was: <br />$2 5,162.25. <br />Th� second contract in the advertisement was stated as <br />Co tract 2, with the following firms submitting bids: <br />Contract 2: Landscaping, planting, seeding, and top - <br />soil. <br />NAME OF CONTRACTOR BID AMOUNT <br />Max <br />Bauman & Associates <br />$ 38,441.02 <br />60413 <br />Sumption Trail <br />South <br />Bend, IN 46614 <br />Exterior <br />Designing, Inc. <br />35,671.50 <br />Spring <br />Lake Farms <br />Hoagland, <br />IN 46745 <br />Robert <br />Foegley Landscape <br />26,323.75 <br />6 <br />648 South Lilac Road <br />South <br />Bend, IN 46614 <br />Hood <br />Nursery <br />34,966.00 <br />Osceola, <br />IN 46561 <br />H <br />nzikers, Inc. <br />26,744.50 <br />Niles, <br />MI 49120 <br />Charles <br />Klehm & Son Nursery <br />44,319.00 <br />2 <br />East Algonquin Road <br />Arlington <br />Heights, IL 60005 <br />The <br />above bids are contained <br />in the tabulation of bids, <br />m <br />rked Exhibit "A ", shown on <br />pages 6 and 7. <br />Brownell advised the engineer's estimate for Contract 2 <br />$32,703.00. The apparent low bidder is Robert Foegley <br />ndscape, in bid amount of $26,323.75. <br />Because all the bids were higher on Contract 1 than our <br />e gineer's estimate and our funds available for this <br />project, Mr. Brownell advised we face a problem of taking <br />some items out of the contract to get it down to the funds <br />WE have available. It has been suggested by the engineers, <br />L wson Associates, that we eliminate certain items. The <br />Lawson Associates letter on the Plaza Park bids is dated <br />January 16, 1975, and was in the Commissioners packets, <br />outlining their recommendations for the additions and dele- <br />-7- <br />