Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into a contract in an amount up to $6,506,721.01 for the Resurfacing 2006 Project 1 project and to pay construction inspection costs up to $455,470.47 on behalf of the Transportation Division. This improvement details the planing and overlaying of various streets and the construction of wheelchair ramps. The estimated Notice to Proceed date is May 15, 2006. The contractor has been given 180 days in which to complete the construction of the project. The project was let by the Transportation Division and was advertised in the City Bulletin and Dodge Reports and by the Builders Exchange. Fourteen bidders/suppliers were solicited (twelve majority, two minority) and six bids were received (all majority) on March 2, 2006, as follows:
bidder / amount bid
Strawser Paving Company, Incorporated / $6,506,721.01
Decker Construction Company / $6,682,537.79
Kokosing Construction Company / $6,839,857.22
Shelly and Sands, Incorporated / $6,845,444.71
Shelly Company / $6,867,725.64
Miller Pavement Maintenance, Incorporated / $6,964,844.53
It is recommended that award of the contract be made to Strawser Paving Company, Incorporated, contract compliance number 31-4412354 (expires March 9, 2007), as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance requires $6,962,191.48. The sum of $8,022,656.00 is budgeted within the Transportation Division's 2005 Capital Improvement Budget in the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Resurfacing project.
Emergency action is requested to allow construction to begin on May 15, 2006.
Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Strawser Paving Company, Incorporated, for the Resurfacing 2006 Project 1 project for...
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