SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of Bid Award: 25B-012 NW 63rd Street Resurface (from NW 44th Avenue to HWY 441) - Art Walker Construction, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $1,273,441)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Susan Olsen, Director Procurement Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On behalf of the Office of the County Engineer, Procurement advertised a bid seeking qualified and experienced contractors for a resurfacing project. The work for this project includes sodding shoulders, removing, adding, and extending cross drains, end treatments, regrading swales, constructing driveway aprons, and installing/restriping pavement markings. Four submittals were received; the tabulation is listed below.
Steven Cohoon, P.E., County Engineer, recommends that Art Walker Construction, Inc. receive the award as the lowest, most responsive, and most responsible bidder.
Attached for review is a contract draft and pending approval at today’s meeting, it will be sent to Art Walker Construction, Inc. for signatures. Upon return, it will be forwarded to Legal, the Clerk, and Chairman for signatures.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; expenditure of $1,273,441. Up to 10% contingency may be added to the purchase order in accordance with the Procurement Manual. Funding is from BM761541-563221 (80% Gas Tax Construction Fund) and BO762541-563101 (2nd Local Option Fuel Tax).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the recommendation and allow staff to issue a contract and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute the contract under 25B-012.
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