HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contracts/bonds for Transmission Line Materials RESOLUTION NO. 06-253
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACTS AND BONDS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
161-KV TRANSMISSION LINE MATERIALS FOR INTERCONNECTION PROJECT,
BID NOS. 1,2,AND 3
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, this City Council has heretofore determined it advisable and necessary that certain
improvements be made in the City ofAmes,Iowa,such project having been designated as the 161 k-V Transmission
Line Materials(161-kV Interconnection Project); and,pursuant to notice and hearing,bids were received on the
6'h day of June,2006, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by DeWild Grant Reckert
&Associates Company of Rock Rapids, Iowa, and filed with the City Clerk on the 9r'day of May,2006; and,
WHEREAS,this Council has heretofore determined that the following bids are the lowest and best bids
submitted for the said project: RESCO of Ankeny, Iowa, in the amount of$577,290.79 (Bid No. 1 - Insulator
Assemblies); Laminated Wood Systems, Inc., of Seward,Nebraska, in the amount of$855,962.01 (Bid No. 2 -
Laminated Wood Structures); and, Laminated Wood Systems, Inc., of Seward, Nebraska, in the amount of
$1,564,773.69 (Bid No. 3 -Wood Tangent Structures); and,
WHEREAS, contracts in the form provided in said plans and specifications has been executed by said
contractors, and satisfactory performance bonds have been filed by said contractors.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as follows:
Section 1. The contracts between the City of Ames,Iowa,and RESCO of Ankeny,Iowa;Laminated Wood
Systems,Inc.,of Seward,Nebraska;Laminated Wood Systems,Inc.,of Seward,Nebraska,dated the 13'
day of June, 2006, respectively, for the 161 k-V Transmission Line Materials (161-kV Interconnection
Project),Bid No. 1 -Insulator Assemblies;Bid No.2-Laminated Wood Structures;and,Bid No.3-Wood
Tangent Structures as provided for in the detailed plans and specifications referred to in the preamble
hereof, and the performance bond of the said contractor with: The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company of
Hamilton, Ohio, as surety thereon, in the amount of$577,290.79; and, Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company of Des Moines,Iowa, as surety thereon,in the amount of$2,420,735.70(Bid Nos. 2&3)filed
in connection therewith,be and the same are hereby approved.
Section 2. All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extend
of such conflict.
ADOPTED THIS 27"'day of June, 2006.
�) U VI - Chi
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, yor
Introduced by: Goodhue
Seconded by: Goodman
Voting aye: Doll, Goodhue, Goodman, Popken,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: Mahayni
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 27"'day of June, 2006.