Legislation Details

File #: 2026-22775   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/17/2026 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 5/5/2026 Final action:
Title: Request Approval of Bid Award: 26B-059 SE 113th Street Road Resurfacing Project - Art Walker Construction, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $974,113)
Attachments: 1. 26B-059 AGN CNT, 2. 26B-059 Map

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Request Approval of Bid Award: 26B-059 SE 113th Street Road Resurfacing Project - Art Walker Construction, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $974,113)

Body

 

INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Susan Olsen, Director

Procurement Services

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

On behalf of the Office of the County Engineer, Procurement advertised a bid for resurfacing SE 113th Street Road (from Bay Road to Fisher Road). The work includes pavement resurfacing, construction of side street and driveway aprons, shoulder sodding, restriping of pavement markings, and widening of pavement shoulders in curved areas. A total of four (4) submittals were received in response to the solicitation, and the bid tabulation is provided below:

 

Firm - Location

Bid Total

Art Walker Construction, Inc. - Ocala, FL

$   974,113.00

Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. - Ocala, FL

$1,020,665.76

C W Roberts Contracting, Inc. - Ocala, FL

$1,128,393.34

Superior Asphalt, Inc. - Oneco, FL

$1,215,001.00

 

Steven Cohoon, PE, 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 draft of the contract. Upon approval at today’s meeting, it will be sent to Art Walker Construction, Inc., for signatures, and upon return, will be forwarded to the Clerk and Chairman for signatures.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

Neutral; expenditure of $974,113.00. Up to ten percent (10%) contingency will be added to the purchase order in accordance with the Procurement Manual. Funding is from VJ738541-563220-STC073884 (Infrastructure Surtax Capital Project Fund).

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Motion to approve the recommendation and allow staff to issue a contract, and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Clerk and Chairman to execute the contract with Art Walker Construction, Inc., under 26B-059.

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