Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the City to enter into a contract in an amount up to $322,922.70 for the West Edge Business Center Roadway Resurfacing project and to pay construction inspection costs up to $27,272.00. This improvement details construction on Buchanan, Van Buren, and Pierce Drives and includes work of replacing concrete curb and resurfacing the asphalt roadway, and other associated work. Limited sidewalk work will be included where there are ramps. (See the attached map.) The estimated Notice to Proceed date is June 1, 2007. This project is to be constructed by July 1, 2007. The project was let by the Transportation Division and was advertised in the City Bulletin and Dodge Reports. Eleven bidders/suppliers requested the bid (nine majority, two minority) and six bids were received (five majority, one minority) and tabulated on April 10, 2007 as follows:
Strawser Paving Company $322,922.70
Decker Construction Company $389,293.65
Kokosing Construction Company, Inc. $405,606.71
Shelly and Sands, Inc. $410,183.73
Columbus Asphalt Paving, Inc. $413,920.13
The McDaniel's Construction Corp., Inc.* $466,893.46
*minority bidder
Award is to be made to Strawser Paving Company, CC# 31-4412354 (expiration 03/7/2009), as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder.
Fiscal Impact: Funding in the amount of $45,394.92 for this project is available from a cancelled encumbrance of a completed project, $178,897.00 is budgeted and available in the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highway Fund from the 2007 Capital Improvement Budget and $125,902.78 for this project is budgeted within the Development Department's Northland and Other Acquisitions Fund for this work.
Emergency Action: Emergency action is requested so that this project can start and complete construction this season.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a contrac...
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