City Council Resolution 2021-28CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-28
RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS AND AUTHORIZING READVERTISEMENT FOR
BIDS FOR THE SCADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, pursuant to a request for proposals for SCADA Integration Services,
proposals were received for a base fee which included upgrades to the water system and a bid
alternate that includes improvements to the wastewater treatment plant with the following prices.
Automatic Systems Co.
Base Fee - $1911937
Alt Fee - $153,247
1. InControl Inc.
Base Fee - $959951
Alt Fee - $83,710
2. Preferred Controls, Inc.
Base Fee — $721200
Alt Fee - $271000
3. Total Control System, Inc.
Base Fee — $105,927
Alt Fee - $859534
4. Telemetry and Process Controls, Inc.
Base Fee - $621500
Alt Fee — $405900
WHEREAS, InControl Inc. was selected based on qualifications and a professional
services contract was authorized by City Council on February 8, 2021 and executed, and;
WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement for bids for the SCADA Integration Services
project, bids were received, opened, and tabulated according to law, and the following bids were
received complying with the advertisement. The base bid included improvements to the water
system and a bid alternate that includes improvements to the wastewater treatment plan.
1. Automatic Systems Company
2. Erickson Electric Company
3. Premier Electric Corporation
Base Bid - $5695289.64
Bid Alternate- $295,683.45
Base Bid - $900,900.00
Bid Alternate- $645,000.00
Base Bid - $9351000.00
Bid Alternate- $625,000.00
WHEREAS, Automatic Systems Company bid included a letter indicating that all
provisions of the contract documents wound not be met by their bid.
WHEREAS, It is recommended to change the approach of the project to have the
integration bid as part of the construction project allowing additional integrators to submit bids
on the project.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOL VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA:
1. The City Council herby rejects all bids received.
2. The Contract with InControl is hereby cancelled.
3. The designated authority shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper an
advertisement for bid upon the making of such improvement under such approved
plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published no less than three
weeks before the last day for submission of bids, once in the City's legal publication
and at least once in either a newspaper published in a city of the first class or a trade
paper. To be eligible as a trade paper, a publication shall have all the qualifications of
a legal newspaper except that, instead of the requirement that it shall contain general
and local news, such trade paper shall contain building and construction news of
interest to contractors in this state, among whom it shall have a general circulation.
Any bidder whose responsibility is questioned during consideration of the bid will be
given an opportunity to address the Council on the issue of responsibility. No bids
will be considered unless sealed and filed as set forth in the instructions to bidders in
compliance with the requirements of electronic bidding and bid security.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of Monticello, Minnesota this 12th day of April, 2021.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
ATTEST:
J nnifer S hrei r, City Clerk