City Council Meeting Date: November 11, 2026
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: David E. Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Discuss Bids from Phase II of the Northfield Skate Park Project and Next Steps.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council discusses Bids from Phase II of the Northfield Skate Park Project and Next Steps.
Summary Report:
The City of Northfield opened bid for Phase II of the Northfield Skate Park Project on November 4, 2026. The City received 5 bids that ranged in price from $1,140,090.30 to $1,622,629.00. In review the bids for the low 3 bidders, the skate park work was all very close in terms on the bids for that portion of work (KA Witt - $698,000, JL Theis $699,000, and Sunram $713,725) this indicates very close competitive bids.
To provide the City with flexibility, two alternates were bid with the project, Alternate 1 is Lighting for the skatepark, and Alternate 2 is landscaping, shade structure, benches, picnic tables. A more in-depth breakout is below.
Engineer’s Estimate
KA Witt
JL Theis
Base Bid
$ 553,640.00
$ 883,109.25
$ 884,759.30
Alternate 1 - Lighting
$ 126,000.00
$ 102,000.00
$ 87,299.00
Alternate 2 – Landscape/Shade Structures
$ 161,965.00
$ 165,175.00
$ 168,032.00
Total Bid with Alternates
$ 841,605.00
$1,150,284.25
$1,140,090.30
Note: Low bidder will be determined based on base bid and alternates selected.
Staff will go through options with Council on how they would like to proceed.
Option 1 – Award project with alternates to Low Bidder
Option 2 – Award project without one of the selected alternates.
Option 3 – Rejects the bids. Because of the competitive nature of the bid, the city would need to redesign the skate park and reduce the skatepark size by over ½ to lower the price to get closer to the grant amount received. This would have a significant impact related to input received from skate park users and...
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