HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Resolution approving Contract & Bond for construction Bid Package 03-1 for R3CRESOLUTION NO. 26-202
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
BID PACKAGE 03-1 – CONCRETE AND STEEL WORK
FOR THE RESOURCE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING CAMPUS
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 Resource Recovery and Recycling Campus Bid Package 03-1 – Concrete
and Steel Work; and, pursuant to notice and hearing, bids were received on the 3rd day of
March, 2026, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by the Public
Works Department and filed with the City Clerk on the 27th day of January, 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Jensen Builders,
Ltd., of Des Moines, IA, in the amount of $4,675,500 is the lowest and best bid submitted for
the construction of said project; and,
WHEREAS, the 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 One. The Contract between the City of Ames, Iowa, and Jensen Builders, Ltd.,
of Des Moines, IA, in the amount of $4,675,500 dated the 27th day of March, 2026, for
the Resource Recovery and Recycling Campus Bid Package 03-1 – Concrete and
Steel Work 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 West Des Moines, IA, as surety thereon, in the amount
of $4,675,500 filed in connection therewith, be and the same are hereby approved.
Section Two. All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
ADOPTED THIS 27th day of March, 2026.
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Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Betty-Hansen
Seconded by: Junck
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Junck, Gartin, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: Betcher, Corrieri
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 27th day of March, 2026.