SUBJECT:
Title
Request Approval of Bid Award: 24B-263 Almond Road and Teak Road Resurface - Superior Asphalt, Inc., Bradenton, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $1,651,456)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Susan Olsen, Director Procurement Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On behalf of the Office of the County Engineer (OCE), Procurement advertised a bid seeking qualified and experienced contractors for a resurfacing project at Almond Road (SE 58th Avenue) and Teak Road (from Banyan Road to Cherry Pass). The work includes resurfacing, milling, overlaying the existing pavement, constructing driveway aprons, replacing/adding cross drains and end treatments, sodding shoulders, and restriping pavement markings. The length of this project is 1.6 miles for Almond Road and 1.1 miles for Teak Road. Four (4) submittals were received; the tabulation is listed below.
Because the low bidder did not claim Local Vendor Preference and was within 10% of the local second low bidder, a Best and Final Offer (BFO) was requested. Both Superior Asphalt, Inc. and Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. responded and the responding BFO is listed below:
Steven Cohoon, P.E., County Engineer, recommends that Superior Asphalt, 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 Superior Asphalt, Inc. for signatures. Upon return, it will be forwarded for the County Attorney, Clerk, and Chairman’s signatures.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; expenditure of $1,651,455.85. Up to a 10% contingency may be added to the purchase order in accordance with the Procurement Manual. Funding is from BM761541-563221 (TIP075833 and TIP075843) - 80% Gas Tax Construction Fund.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the recommendation and allow staff to issue a contract and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Chair and Clerk to execute the contract under 24B-263.
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