Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Allen Ballew General Contractors, for the renovation of a technology area, located at 1111 East Broad Street. Formal bids were solicited on May 17, 2007. The following four companies submitted bids by the June 21, 2007 deadline (0 MBE, 0 FBE):
Allen Ballew General Contractors $1,246,408.00
Albert M. Higley Company $1,292,355.00
Tinkler Construction $1,394,000.00
RW Setterlin $1,426,250.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends that the bid be awarded to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Allen Ballew General Contractors.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested so that the renovation of the technology area may begin as soon as possible, thereby providing necessary services to the City and its residents.
Allen Ballew General Contractors' Contract Compliance # 31-1094575, expiration date 04/26/2009.
FISCAL IMPACT: This project was funded in the 2007 Capital Improvement Budget. The total cost of the contract authorized by this ordinance is $1,246,408.00.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Allen Ballew General Contractors for the renovation of the technology area, located at 1111 East Broad Street; to authorize the expenditure of $1,246,408.00 from the Information Services-Bonds Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($1,246,408.00)
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WHEREAS, formal bids were solicited for the renovation of the technology area at 1111 East Broad Street, and
WHEREAS, the Office of Construction Management recommends Allen Ballew General Contractors as the most responsive and responsible bidder, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necess...
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