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A RESOLUTION

ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAKEWOOD TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES PROJECT

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood entered into an agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation to improve the Lakewood Traffic Signals at four locations; and

WHEREAS, by invitation to bid No. 2514, the City of Lakewood advertised for bids for the Lakewood Traffic Signal Upgrades Project and bids were opened on November 30, 2004; and

WHEREAS, the lowest responsive, responsible and qualified bidder has been determined to be WL Contractors, Inc., which has submitted its bid in the amount of Nine Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-four and 00/100 dollars ($922,274.00). Pursuant to City specifications and instructions, the City desires to accept the bid of said bidder.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Lakewood, Colorado, that:

SECTION 1. The bid of WL Contractors, Inc., for the Lakewood Traffic Signal Upgrades Project as described an Invitation to Bid No. 2514 is hereby accepted according to the specifications as defined in the Invitation to Bid.

SECTION 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk attest a contract with said bidder in form approved by the City Attorney in the amount of Nine Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-four and 00/100 dollars ($922,274.00) and to authorize an additional Ninety-two Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-seven and 40/100 dollars ($92,227.40) for contingencies for a total contract amount not to exceed One Million Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred One and 40/100 dollars ($1,014,501.40). The City Treasurer is hereby authorized to make payment to WL Contractors, Inc. in accordance with the terms of said contract.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by a vote of 11 for and 0 against at a regular meeting of the City Council on December 13, 2004, at 7 o'clock p.m. at Lakewood Civic Center, 480 South Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado.

Stephen A. Burkholder, Mayor

ATTEST:
Margy Greer, City Clerk