Included in the Airport's Capital Improvement Program is the Construction of a New Storage Building for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  The BLM currently leases two hangars in the Airport Business Park that were once part of the Air Force Fighter Interceptor Base built in 1965.  These old hangars are utilized as storage for the BLM's wild lands firefighting cache operation.  These hangars are scheduled to be removed early next year as part of the north side aircraft parking area expansion project.  In order to remove these hangars, the fire cache supplies stored in the hangars must first be relocated.  To accommodate this relocation of the fire cache supplies, this project will build an 8,000 square foot metal storage building located outside of the Airport's Secured Area, adjacent to other BLM storage facilities.  At an upcoming meeting, the Airport staff will recommend a new lease agreement with the BLM.  This project was advertised in the Yellowstone County News on April 6, 13, 20, and 27, and was posted on the City and the Airport's Websites. On May 1, 2018, the following bids were received:

 

CONTRACTOR	BUILDING & SITE WORK	ALTERNATE 1
Swank Construction	$681,555.75	$32,000.00
Yellowstone Basin	$760,220.12	$41,638.00
Diamond	$836,710.00	$35,150.00
EEC Inc.	$858,763.82	$25,650.00
Fisher Construction	$774,800.00	$37,500.00

                                             
Staff recommends delaying the bid award for this project until the May 29, 2018 City Council meeting to allow staff more time to evaluate the bid proposals received.
                                                                           
 

↵City Council may:

• Approve postponing the bid award for the Construction of a New Storage Building for the BLM; or
• Decline to postpone the bid award for the New Storage Building for the BLM, and direct staff on how to proceed.