Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Smith Roofing, Ltd., in the amount of $228,000.00 for the renovation of the roof at the Fire Training Academy, 3639 Parsons Avenue. The renovation will consist of replacing the current roof with a granular-textured roof of modified bitumen asphalt. The contractor has ninety days upon notification of the award of the contract to complete the project. The roof will include a 30-year workmanship and material guarantee.
Formal proposals were solicited on February 26, 2004, and eight firms submitted proposals on March 9, 2004 as follows (1 MBE*, 0 FBE):
Nu-Tec Roofing Contractors, LLC $ 224,000.00
*Smith Roofing, Ltd. $ 228,000.00
Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. $ 264,051.00
K & W Roofing, Inc. $ 265,770.00
Field & Associates, Inc. $ 271,084.00
Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc. $ 271,158.00
Frost & Co., Inc. $ 320,000.00
Harold J. Becker Co., Inc. $ 342,450.00
The Facilities Management Division recommends the bid award to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Smith Roofing, Ltd. CCN 31-1422838, exp. 06/05/2004. This recommendation is the consequence of the lowest bidder, Nu-Tec Roofing Constractors LLC having more willful and serious Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations in the last three years than Smith Roofing, Ltd.
This ordinance also authorizes the transfer, appropriation, and expenditure of $228,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to pay for this project. The Special Income Tax transfer and appropriation is a temporary measure until the City sells notes or bonds for this project.
Emergency action is requested so that the contractor will be able to complete this project during good weather.
Fiscal Impact: The Specia...
Click here for full text