Explanation
Background: The Transportation Division is required to install Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant curb ramps when making other improvements within the City's rights-of-way. This legislation authorizes a project that will allow the Transportation Division to meet these requirements. The project provides for curb ramps to be built at specified locations once other improvements have commenced. The project details the installation of ADA-compliant curb ramps at the intersections of various city streets and includes installation of curb ramps, curb and gutter removal and replacement, pavement planning, and pavement repairs. Construction of these curb ramps is in accordance with the Settlement Agreement entered into by the City of Columbus, et al, and the Ohio Statewide Independent Living Council, et al, Civil Action No. C2-99-297. Formal bids where received on February 24, 2005, as follows:
Bidder / Bid Amount / Status
G & G Cement Contractors / $1,266,050.00 / Majority
Decker Construction Company / $1,376,735.00 / Majority
McDaniel's Construction Corporation, Incorporated / $1,488,110.15 / Minority
Miller Pavement Maintenance / $1,658,675.75 / Majority
The Transportation Division recommends the bid award to G & G Cement Contractors for having submitted the lowest, best, most responsive, and most responsible bid. Their contract compliance number is 31-0924129 and expires December 18, 2005. The Transportation Division's sidewalk section will perform the necessary construction inspection work; this cost will not be charged to the project.
This project is being designated as the On-Call ADA Ramp Construction - 2005 Phase 2 project to differentiate it from a contract for similar work to be performed by this vendor for $142,462.50 that was authorized by Ordinance 0031-2005 passed by City Council February 14, 2005. The pending project is distinguished from the earlier one in that it provides a "face lift" for deteriorating cur...
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