Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into a contract for the Transportation Division in the amount of $109,819.31 for the Billiter Boulevard Resurfacing -2004 project with Columbus Asphalt Paving Inc., and to pay construction inspection costs up to $26,236.00. This improvement is to Billiter Boulevard from 17th Avenue to Hudson Street and includes planing, asphalt overlay, full depth roadway replacement, and other associated work. (See the attached map.) This project was requested through and is funded by the Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund (UIRF). It is estimated that 'The Notice to Proceed' will be issued on or about July 20, 2004. The project is to be completed 30 days after 'The Notice to Proceed' is issued.
This project was advertised on the City of Columbus Formal Bid Listing web page, Dodge Reports, and Builders' Exchange and was let by the Transportation Division. Eight bidders/suppliers were solicited (7 majority, 1 minority) and 5 bids were received (4 majority, 1 minority) and tabulated on April 8, 2004 as follows:
Columbus Asphalt Paving Inc. $ 109,819.31
Decker Construction Company $ 119,926.98
Strawser Paving Company, Inc. $ 120,511.90
Miller Pavement Maintenance, Inc. $ 131,990.86
McDaniel's Construction Corporation, Inc.* $ 141,584.45
*minority
Evaluation of the quality contractor criteria confirms the low bidder and therefore award is to be made to Columbus Asphalt Paving Inc. CC No. 31-0857095 (expiration 08/16/2004), as the lowest, best, most responsive, and most responsible bidder.
Emergency action is requested for the immediate execution of the construction contract so that the improvement may be completed in the 2004 construction season.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance certifies against the Special Income Tax Fund in the amount of $136,055.31. The Special Income Tax Fund ce...
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