Explanation
Background: The Transportation Division is responsible for maintaining the City's roadway system through a viable renovation program. A concrete rehabilitation project is needed to prevent premature deterioration of the City's concrete roadways. The contract will consist of replacing concrete pavement and joint sealing on targeted residential streets. The attached list of concrete roadways will be used to select the final locations for concrete rehabilitation. The Transportation Division capital improvement inspection section will perform inspection services at a cost not to exceed $73,767.94. This project was bid in compliance with the City Code and advertised in the City Bulletin. Formal competitive bids were received and tabulated on March 17, 2005 by the Transportation Division. Five (5) bid proposals were received as follows:
Vendor / Bid Amount / Vendor Status
Columbus Asphalt Paving, Incorporated / $720,392.00 / Majority
G. Marchi and Son, LLC / $740,939.65 / Majority
Gaddis & Son, Incorporated / 748,066.55 / Minority
G & G Cement Contractors / $783,200.00 / Majority
Decker Construction Company / $829,776.75 / Majority
The Transportation Division recommends a bid award to Columbus Asphalt Paving, Incorporated, contract compliance number 31-0857095 (expires June 30, 2007) as the lowest, best, most responsive, and most responsible bidder.
The bid proposal stated that the bid quantities were estimated and that the bid quantities may be increased or decreased, depending on the funds available. Due to the better-than-expected unit prices in the submitted bids, an increased amount of concrete rehabilitation work can be completed without exceeding budget. Contract quantities were increased without changing the ranking of the bids received. Based upon the revised quantities and the bid unit costs the new contract amount would be:
Columbus Asphalt Paving, Incorporated / $922,099.20 / Majority
The low bidder, Columbus Asph...
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