HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract and bond for MEC 161-kV Transmission Line Construction Project RESOLUTION NO. 12-590
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
MEC INTERCONNECTION 161-KV TRANSMISSION LINE CONSTRUCTION
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS,this City Council has heretofore determined it advisable and necessary that certain
improvements be constructed in the City of Ames, Iowa, such project having been designated as the
MEC Interconnection 161-kV Transmission Line Construction;and,pursuant to notice and hearing,bids
were received on the 11t' day of July, 2012, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as
prepared by DeWild Grant Reckert and Associates Company of Rock Rapids,Iowa,and filed with the
City Clerk on the 27t1i day of March, 2012; and,
WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Hooper Corporation of
Madison, Wisconsin, in the amount of$9,054,395.90 is the lowest and best bid submitted for the
construction of said project; and,
WHEREAS, contract in the form provided in said plans and specifications has been executed
by said contractor, and satisfactory performance bond has been filed by said contractor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as
follows:
Section 1. The contract between the City of Ames,Iowa,and Hooper Corporation of Madison,
Wisconsin, in the amount of $9,054,395.90 dated the 23rd day of October, 2012, for the
construction of the MEC Interconnection 161-kV Transmission Line Construction as provided
for in the detailed plans and specifications referred to in the preamble hereof, and the
performance bond of the said contractor with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company of Plymouth
Meeting, Pennsylvania, as surety thereon, in the amount of$9,054.395.90 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to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 13t1i day of November, 2012.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Wacha
Seconded by: Davis
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski, Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 13'day of November, 2012.