HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006 06 26 email from David FisherDavid Fisher
From:
David Fisher
Sent:
Monday, June 26, 2006 5:00 PM
To:
Alfred Minner; Jerry Converse; Chris McCarthy; Linda Kinchen
Subject:
Splash Pad 1 Lift Station Bids
All --
I just received a call from Joe Schulke, engineer -of -record for the lift station at the new splash pad.
He just returned from vacation and wanted to know the status. I brought him up to date as best I could.
He said he would be happy to work on an hourly basis (shouldn't take too long) to get some bid plans to some local
contractors (who may have declined to bid previously) to try to get lower bids. He feels that out-of-town bids from
contractors not all that familiar with the project or the City may have driven the bid to its current high levels.
I told Joe I would pass this message along and that he may hear from you all if you wanted to discuss it further. Joe
Schulke's office telephone number is 770-9622.
-- Dave
David Fisher
From: Alfred Minner
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:35 PM
To: David Fisher, Jerry Converse; CA is McCarthy; Linda Kinchen
Subject: REAWVk' d / Lift Station Bidip
Dave and All
I spoke to Linda about this last Thursday. She contacted one of the vendors and they said their pump only number was
around $20K. So at $80K the project was way over. I asked Linda to call the vendors for a line -item detail on their RFPs.
I did not have a chance to get that information from her today.
We all need to talk about this tomorrow. If those numbers turn out that way. I think we will change process and have the
City build the fence and other information while while low vendor builds the lift station.
Al Minner
City Manager
City of Sebastian
--Original Message --
From: David Fisher
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:00 PM
To: Alfred Minner; Jerry Converse; Chris McCarthy; Linda Kinchen
Subject: Splash Pad / Lift Station Bids
All —
I just received a call from Joe Schulke, engineer -of -record for the lift station at the new splash pad.
He just returned from vacation and wanted to know the status. I brought him up to date as best I could.
He said he would be happy to work on an hourly basis (shouldn't take too long) to get some bid plans to some
local contractors (who may have declined to bid previously) to try to get lower bids. He feels that out-of-town bids
from contractors not all that familiar with the project or the City may have driven the bid to its current high levels.
I told Joe I would pass this message along and that he may hear from you all if you wanted to discuss it further.
Joe Schulke's office telephone number is 770-9622.
— Dave
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David Fisher
From:
Linda Kinchen
Sent:
Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:54 AM
To:
Alfred Minner
Cc: Chris McCarthy; David Fisher
Subject: RE: Splash Pad Lift Station
I spoke to John Scott today from ABS Pumps - his feeling is there is a lot of mark up in the bid since the cost
he
quoted for all necessasry parts was $19,600 therefore, the markup must be in the fill, fencing or other items
listed in the bid
perhaps we should call the companies that bid and ask them for a cost breakdown of all items individually to
see where costs can be saved.
[Linda Kinchen] -----Original Message -----
From: David Fisher
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:12 AM
To: Alfred Minner
Cc: Linda Kinchen; Chris McCarthy
Subject: RE: Splash Pad Lift Station
Linda Kinchen is tracking down the pump supplier. He was out of the office until today and she is following
up on it today.
-----Original Message -----
From: Alfred Minner
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:00 AM
To: David Fisher
Subject: Splash Pad Lift Station
Dave - Last week I left with you the task of investigating the high cost of that splash pad lift station.
What is the up date on that.
Al Minner
City Manager
City of Sebastian
6/22/2006