ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2142
1701 NORTH 9TH AVENUE, VIRGINIA, MN 55792
CALL FOR BIDS
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION: Sealed proposals will
be received for:
Central Campus K-12
Bid Package 3 Enclosure & Finishes
3943 Tamminen Road
Iron, MN 55751
in accordance with Construction Documents prepared
by Architectural Resources, Inc., 704 East Howard Street, Hibbing,
MN 55746.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Bid package scope includes exterior enclosure,
HVAC, electrical, casework, interior finishes and specialties.
BASIS OF BIDS: Single Prime Bids will be received for labor and
materials as outlined in the Bid Division Descriptions as described
in Section 01 1215.
BID DATE AND LOCATION: Sealed bids will be received at St. Louis
County School District, 1701 North 9th Avenue, Virginia, MN 55792,
then publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be received until
2:00 p.m. local time, on September 16, 2010.
BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by Bid Security in
form of certified check, cashier's check or bid bond in amount
of five (5) percent of Base Bid submitted, made payable to Owner,
as guarantee that Bidder will, if awarded, enter into Contract
in accordance with Contract Documents and submitted Bid.
EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS: Drawings, Project Manual, and other
Contract Documents may be examined at Offices of Construction
Manager, Architect and at following locations:
| Duluth Builders Exchange | Hibbing Builders Exchange |
| 802 Garfield Avenue | 211 East Howard Street |
| Duluth, MN 55802-2640 | Hibbing, MN 55746 |
| Telephone: 218-722-2836 | Telephone: 218-262-3897 |
| Minneapolis Builders Exchange | McGraw-Hill |
| 1123 Glenwood Avenue | 1401 Glenwood Avenue |
| Minneapolis, MN 55405 | Minneapolis, MN 55405 |
| Telephone: 612-381-2620 | Telephone: 612-381-2290 |
| St. Paul Builders Exchange | Reed Construction Document Processing |
| 445 Farrington Street | 30 Technology Parkway South, Suite 500 |
| St. Paul, MN 55103 | Norcross, GA 30092-2912 |
| Telephone: 651-224-7545 | Telephone: 800-424-3996 |
PROCUREMENT OF DOCUMENTS: Prime Bidders may
secure electronic (CD) and printed Bidding and Contract Documents
by contacting the Office of the Construction Manager, Kraus-Anderson®
Construction Company, 8625 Rendova Street N.E., P.O. Box 158,
Circle Pines, Minnesota 55014, phone 763-786-7711. Electronic
(CD) documents will be available at no cost and printed sets are
available upon a deposit of $150.00 per set; $100.00 will be refunded
upon the return of complete bidding documents.
TIME OF COMPLETION: Owner requires Work to be substantially complete
on or before August 1, 2011, and fully complete before August
13, 2011 and in accordance with the contract documents. Bids shall
reflect all costs necessary to meet this schedule requirement.
PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS: Contractor shall provide Performance
Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of 100
percent of the Contract Sum.
OWNER'S RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS: Owner reserves the right to reject
a Bid which is in any way incomplete or irregular or to waive
informalities or irregularities in a Bid received, and accept
a Bid, which in the Owner's judgment is in the Owner's best interests.
EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS AND SITE:
Examination of Documents: Bidders shall carefully examine entire
contents of Contract Documents prepared for the Work to become
thoroughly familiar with all requirements.
Pre-Bid Conference: A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on September
9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Central Campus K-12 / Cherry School,
3943 Tamminen Road, Iron, MN 55751.
Additional Compensation: Contractors shall not receive extra payments
for conditions which can be determined by examining the site and
the Contract Documents.
Bids requested by: St. Louis County School District / ISD 2142
Aug. 28, Sept. 2 & 9 - 1
DOCUMENT 00 11 13
Advertisement for Bids
REBID 2010 Sewer Extension
Crane Lake Water and Sanitary District
Crane Lake, Minnesota
SEH No. CRANL 112791
Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the Clerk until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 30, 2010, by mail at PO Box 306, Crane Lake, MN 55725-0306 or by location at Crane Lake Fellowship Hall, 7399 Handberg Road, Crane Lake, MN 55725, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud at the, for the furnishing of all labor and material for the construction of REBID 2010 Sewer Extension. Major quantities for the Work include:
100 LF 1.25-Inch HDPE Force Main
4,500 LF 2-Inch HDPE Force Main
500 LF Directional Drill 1.25-Inch HDPE Force Main (Soil)
700 LF Directional Drill 2-Inch HDPE Force Main (Soil)
900 LF Directional Drill 1.25-Inch HDPE Force Main (Bedrock)
1 EACH Air Release And Flushing Manhole
6 EACH Simplex Grinder Station- 70 Gallon Basin
1 EACH Simplex Grinder Station- 150 Gallon Basin
90 CY Rock Excavation
20,000 SY Seeding-Hydromulch
Bids shall be on the form provided for that
purpose and according to the Bidding Requirements prepared by
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc., dated June 28, 2010.
The Bidding Documents may be seen at the issuing office of Short
Elliott Hendrickson Inc. located at:
1200 25th Avenue South
P.O. Box 1717
St. Cloud, MN 56302-1717
320.229.4300
Digital copies of the Bidding Documents are
available at http://www.sehinc.com for a fee of $30. These documents
may be downloaded by selecting this project from the BIDDING DOCUMENTS
link and by entering eBidDocTM Number 1325352 on the SEARCH PROJECTS
page. For assistance and free membership registration, contact
QuestCDN at 952.233.1632 or info@questcdn.com.
Paper copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from Docunet
Corp. located at 2435 Xenium Lane North, Plymouth, MN 55441 (763.475.9600)
for a fee of $100. Bids will only be accepted from Contractors
who purchase Bidding Documents as noted above. Planholder who
purchased the ORIGINAL Bidding Documents will not be charged for
the REBID Bidding Documents.
Bid security in the amount of 5 percent of the Bid must accompany
each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
Bids shall be directed to the Clerk, securely sealed and endorsed
upon the outside wrapper, "BID FOR REBID 2010 SEWER EXTENSION,
CRANE LAKE WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT, CRANE LAKE, MN, SEH NO.
CRANL 112791."
The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive
irregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract
in the best interests of the Owner.
Jo Ann Pohlman
Clerk
Crane Lake Water and Sanitary District
Crane Lake, MN
Publish:
Finance and Commerce: September 2 and 9, 2010
Cook News-Herald: September 2 and 9, 2010
PROCEEDINGS OF
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #2142
The regular meeting of the Board of Education of Independent School
District No. 2142, St. Louis County Schools, was held at ISD #
2142 District Office, August 23, 2010, at 5:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion and seconded to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Superintendent Rick asked Kevin Abrahamson to speak on current
teacher meetings. Mr. Abrahamson gave a progress report on the
Educational Plan. Teachers have attended 2 days of Mondo training
with approximately 90% of the teachers in attendance. Today the
21st Century Planning group met at the District Office. There
will be training on September 1st at the Babbitt-Embarrass School
and training will continue in September and October. Information
will be available to parents in November.
Superintendent reported the following: 1.) There will be a new
teacher workshop on Friday, August 27, 2010 at the District Office;
2.) On September 1, 2010 there will be an All Staff In Service
at Babbitt-Embarrass School. The Superintendent extended an invitation
to the board to attend; 3.) Dr. Rick explained the Federal Jobs
bill which could direct $160. million to Minnesota. The money
would be received once and could be used at the school building
level for any of a wide range of staff positions. The application
must now be signed by the Governor by September 9, 2010; 4.) Dr.
Rick read the list of candidates running for school board: Cook,
District #2: Corrie Hoeschen Ehrbright and Jody Feist; Tower-Soudan,
District #3: Troy Swanson; Cherry, District #5: Lynette Zupetz.
Dr. Rick will be inviting all the candidates to attend future
board meetings.
John Henry of Johnson Controls reported: 1.) Bids were received
last Thursday for the Cherry School and will be awarded tonight;
2.) We are moving forward for the Southern site we are in the
process of removing the trees. The Southern site bids will also
be awarded tonight.
Board Committee Report: Board Member A. Larson reported on the
Highway 169 project. There are current safety issues between
Tower and Ely. Plans are to do 2 sections at a time to make the
road safer. The construction start time should be by 2012 and
must be completed by 2013.
Board Chair B. Larson spoke on the meeting last week with the
City of Cook. The district is complying with a request from St.
Louis County Zoning and Planning to contact the City of Cook regarding
sewer and water. There will be a city council meeting on Thursday,
August 26, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. The school board was asked to be
in attendance. It would be a gathering of local leaders to see
what the benefits would be.
Motion and seconded to approve consent agenda: August 9, 2010
Regular School Board Meeting Minutes. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to approve the dissolution of Cooperative
Sponsorship for girls hockey for the 2010-2011 school year between
Babbitt-Embarrass / Ely / Tower-Soudan Schools. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to award the bread bid to Sara Lee for the
2010-2011 school year. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to approve the School Resource Officer agreement
with St. Louis County for the amount of $51,028.06 effective September
1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.
Discussion followed.
Superintendent Rick explained that this program has been very
valuable for the district.
The motion for the School Resource Officer did not pass.
Motion and seconded to award bids for the Cherry School construction
project as follows: Concrete, masonry and excavation: Hammerlund
Construction, Inc., Grand Rapids, MN-$472,000.00; Structural precast
concrete plank: Molin Concrete Products Company, Circle Paines,
MN-$49,900.00; Structural precast concrete wall panels: Fabcon,
Inc., Savage, MN-$336,772.00; Structural & misc. steel-supply:
Dynamic Structural Steel, LLC., Duluth, MN-$238,000.00; and Structural
& misc. steel-erection: Red Cedar Steel Erectors, Inc., Menomonie,
WI-$113,000.00 Total Contracts in the amount of $1,209,672.00.
Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to award bids for the South K-12 Campus as
follows: Carpentry: Northside Construction, Inc., Hugo, MN-$351,000.00;
Casework: Haldeman-Homme, Inc., Minneapolis, MN-$259,877.00; Metal
Panels / Roofing & Sheet Metal: Jamar Company, Duluth, MN
$1,430,485.00; Caulking & Sealants: Seal-Treat, Inc., Eden
Prairie, MN-$44,840.00; HM Doors & Frames, Wood Doors &
Hardware-Supply: Northern Door & Hardware, Inc., Duluth, MN-$264,500.00;
Aluminum Doors, Curtainwalls & Glazing Aluminum Windows: Mesabi
Glass Window & Door, Hibbing, MN-$479,607.00; Skylights &
Translucent Wall Panels: W.L. Hall Company, Hopkings, MN-$155,727.00;
Coiling & Overhead Doors: Lipe Brothers Construction, Inc.,
Duluth, MN-$39,850.00; Drywall: Custom Drywall, Inc., St. Paul,
MN-$283,700.00; Acoustical, Specialty Ceiling & Wall Systems:
Twin City Acoustics, Inc., Plymouth, MN-$262,587.00; Ceramic &
Quarry Tile: Northland Flooring & Design, LLC, Grand Rapids,
MN-$298,000.00; Wood Athletic Flooring: Haldeman-Homme, Inc. DBA
Anderson Ladd, Minneapolis, MN-$121,998.00; Fitness/Athletic Flooring:
Northland Flooring & Design, LLC, Grand Rapids, MN-$19,300.00;
Carpet/Resilient Flooring: Northland Flooring & Design, LLC,
Grand Rapids, MN-$133,000.00; Terrazzo Flooring: Advance Terrazzo
& Tile Company, Coon Rapids, MN-$364,000.00; Painting &
Vinyl Wall Covering: Steinbrecher Painting, Princeton, MN-$147,000.00;
Marker Boards, Tack Boards & Display Cass: W. E. Neal Slate
Company, Watertown, MN-$92,270.00; Misc. Specialties-Supply: Building
Material Supply, Inc., Golden Valley, MN-$41,835.00; Operable
Partitions: Acoustics Associates, Inc., Golden Valley, MN-$9,900.00;
Angle Iron Athletic Lockers/Metal Corridor Lockers: Lyon Workspace
Products, Minneapolis, MN-$127,000.00; Food Service Equipment:
Dakota Food Equipment, Fargo, ND-$335,134.00; Musical Instrument
Cabinet System-Supply: LSI Corporation of America, Minneapolis,
MN-$13,350.00; Gymnasium Equipment: H & B Specialized Products,
Inc., Eden Prairie, MN-$99,400.00; Gymnasium Seating & Telescoping
Bleachers: Seating & Athletic Facility Enterprises, Ellendale,
MN-$80,503.00; Fire Protection: Breth-Zenzen Fire Protection,
LLC, St. Joseph, MN-$149,025.00; HVAC: Thelen Heating & Roofing,
Inc., Brainerd, MN-$1,894,000.00; Electrical Systems: Lanyk Electric,
Inc., Virginia, MN-$1,539,000.00; Lighting Controls (All Schools):
Graybar Electric Company, Duluth, MN-$373,200.00; Variable Air
Volume & Thermal Equalizers-Supply: Midwest Mechanical Solutions,
Minneapolis, MN-$22,200.00; Boilers & Accessories-Supply:
Ryan Company, Inc., St. Louis Park, MN-$159,200.00; Condensing
Units-Supply: SVL, Inc., Shoreview, MN-$9,782.00; Plate Type Energy
Recovery Units/Modular Energy Recovery Units/Air Handling Units-Supply:
Johnson controls, Inc., Plymouth, MN-$179,605.00; and Window Shades:
Modern Window Shad Company, Minneapolis, MN-$66,659.00; for Total
Contracts in the amount of $9,847,534.00. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to rescind the hiring of Rachel Pastoor as
a .8 FTE probationary teacher, effective September 1, 2010 for
the 2010-2011 school year. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to accept Roger Esterby's letter of resignation
as bus driver, effective September 1, 2010. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to accept Brian Lamppa's letter of resignation
as teacher, effective August 31, 2010. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to accept Kathleen Ray Undeland's letter of
resignation as a teacher, effective August 31, 2010. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to approve Jennifer Kaufenberg's request for
a medical leave of absence as instructional aide, effective January
3, 2011 through the end of the school year. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Mary Larson a .5 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, effective September
1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment in accord with
master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Monica Parenteau a 1.0 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, at Step C BA,
effective September 1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment
in accord with master agreement ISD #2142 and SLCTEM. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to Brett Holland a 1.0 FTE probationary teaching
contract for the 2010-2011 school year, at Step C BA, effective
September 1, 2010, contingent upon securing variance or provisional
licensure from the Department of Education, with terms and conditions
of employment in accord with master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM.
Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Blake Peterson a 1.0 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, effective September
1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment in accord with
master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Jill Eidenschink a .8 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, at Step C BA15,
effective September 1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment
in accord with master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM. Motion
carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Erin Peisto a 1.0 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, at Step E BA,
effective September 1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment
in accord with master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM. Motion
carried.
Motion and seconded to offer Andrea Buvarp a .8 FTE probationary
teaching contract for the 2010-2011 school year, at Step L BA,
effective September 1, 2010 with terms and conditions of employment
in accord with master agreement ISD # 2142 and SLCTEM. Motion
carried.
Motion and seconded to approve Bridget A. Paulson as the assistant
volleyball coach at the AlBrook School and Albert Soxman as assistant
football coach at the Babbitt-Embarrass School for the 2010-2011
fall season, dependent upon appropriate levels of high school
(grades 9-12) participation. Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to terminate Mandy Northrup as instructional
aide effective June 4, 2010 due to the position being eliminated.
Motion carried.
Motion and seconded to hire Ashley Thiel as a probationary Title
I teacher for the 2010-2011 school year, to the extent of 4 hours
per day, 5 days per week, effective September 1, 2010, with terms
and conditions in accord with Master Agreement between ISD # 2142
and EDMNSLCT. Motion carried.
Comments from the board:
Board Member Bjerklie indicated to the board that with all the
upcoming changes for next year, the board needs to pass a resolution
regarding open enrollment for the Minnesota State High School
League.
Board Member Rantala explained that the Kohls Corp. is donating
$500,000 to schools. Mr. Rantala asked the board to go online
and register for their school. Mr. Rantala also suggested that
maybe all of our schools could be combined for a larger affect.
Board Chair Larson asked the board is they would like to schedule
a meeting for the Community of Tower. Two topics that could be
addressed would be: 1.) The design of the new building; and
2.) Is an elementary school feasible in Tower? Does the community
want an elementary school.
A community meeting was scheduled for Monday, September 20, 2010
at 6:00 p.m. at the Tower-Soudan School.
The Board Chair announced the ground breaking ceremony for the
Southern Site will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 6:30
p.m.
The regular board meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. Sept. 2 -
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