Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract for the construction of the Bridge Rehabilitation - Annual Citywide Contract 2012 project.
This contract consists of routine rehabilitation to several bridges within the City of Columbus. The work includes crack sealing, concrete patching on all elements of a bridge, railing repairs, epoxy injection, maintenance of traffic, concrete removal, asphalt overlays, sealing cracks in bridge decks and replacement of expansion joint seals, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract in accordance with the plans and specifications as set forth in the Bid Submittal Documents.
The estimated Notice to Proceed date is October 4, 2012. The project was let by the Office of Support Services through Vendor Services and Bid Express. 3 bids were received on August 14, 2012 (3 majority) and tabulated on August 15, 2012 as follows:
Company Name Bid Amt City/State* Majority/MBE/FBE
Complete General Construction Co. $516,420.35 Columbus, OH Majority
The Righter Co, Inc. $564,233.85 Columbus, OH Majority
Double Z Construction Co. $580,499.62 Columbus, OH Majority
*City/State is from the Ohio Secretary of State web site, which may differ from the mailing address below.
The bid documents contain Special Provision 146 which states "It is the City's intent to fully utilize the available funding provided to its Bridge Program within the approved Capital Improvements Budget. Therefore, the City reserves the right to increase or decrease the base bid amount, up to or down to a maximum of $1,300,000.00. The total amount of the work and other incidentals will not exceed the total amount of the contract (maximum of $1,300,000.00). In the event that the City does add brid...
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