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File #: 2025-21189   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/29/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 11/18/2025 Final action:
Title: Request Approval of Bid Award: 25B-164 Lake Tropicana Road Improvement Project SW 181st Court - C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $641,945)
Attachments: 1. 25B-164 AGN CNT, 2. Lake Tropicana Project Location Maps

SUBJECT:

Title

Request Approval of Bid Award: 25B-164 Lake Tropicana Road Improvement Project SW 181st Court - C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $641,945)

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INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Susan Olsen, Director

Procurement Services

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

On behalf of Municipal Services, Procurement advertised a bid to hire a qualified contractor to reclaim and resurface approximately 2.24 miles of 181st Court in the Lake Tropicana Subdivision, including roadway preparation, shoulder and minor clearing work, lime rock placement as needed, resurfacing, striping, and site stabilization to meet current standards.

 

Four submittals were received, and the tabulation is below:

 

Firm - Location

Bid Total

C W Roberts Contracting, Inc - Ocala, FL

$641,944.78

John L Finch Contracting - Belleview, FL

$731,052.51

Pave-Rite, Inc - Lecanto, FL

$738,474.64

Superior Asphalt Inc - Ocala, FL

$754,001.00

 

Chad Wicker, Municipal Services Director, recommends that C. W. Roberts Contracting, 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 C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. for signature, and upon return, will be forwarded to Legal, the Clerk, and Chairman for signatures.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

Neutral; expenditure of $641,944.78. Up to ten percent (10%) contingency will be added to the purchase order in accordance with the Procurement Manual. Funding is from LA601541-563220 LAKE TROPICANA ROAD IMPROVE.

 

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 contract with C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. under 25B-164.

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