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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract and bond for Underground Trenching for Electric Services - Primary Contract RESOLUTION NO. 15-160 RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND TRENCHING FOR ELECTRIC SERVICES - PRIMARY CONTRACT 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 Underground Trenching for Electric Services - Primary Contract; and, pursuant to notice and hearing, bids were received on the 12th day of February, 2015, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by the Finance Department/Purchasing Division and filed with the City Clerk on the 9th day of January, 2015; and, WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Ames Trenching & Excavating,Inc., of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of$112,500.00 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 Ames Trenching & Excavating, Inc., of Ames,Iowa,in the amount of$112,500.00 dated the 24th day of February,2015, for the construction of the Underground Trenching for Electric Services-Primary Contract as provided for in the detailed plans and specifications referred to in the preamble hereof, and the performance bond of the said contractor with Merchants Bonding Company (Mutual) of Des Moines, Iowa, as surety thereon, in the amount of$112,500.00 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extend of such conflict.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 241h day of March, 2015. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Nelson Seconded by: Goodman Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman,Nelson, Orazem Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 24'day of March, 2015.