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A RESOLUTION

ACCEPTANCE OF BID AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WADSWORTH AND 26TH AVENUE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS

WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood entered into an agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation to improve the Wadsworth Boulevard and 26th Avenue intersection; and

WHEREAS, by invitation to bid No. 2543, the City of Lakewood advertised for bids for the Wadsworth and 26th Avenue Intersection Improvement Project and bids were opened on September 1, 2005; 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 Two Hundred Seventy-seven Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-nine and 50/100 dollars ($277,829.50). 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 Wadsworth and 26th Avenue Intersection Improvement Project as described an Invitation to Bid No. 2543 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 Two Hundred Seventy-seven Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-nine and 50/100 dollars ($277,829.50) and to authorize an additional Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Fifty and 50/100 dollars ($17,150.50) for contingencies for a total contract amount not to exceed Two Hundred Ninety-five Thousand and 00/100 dollars ($295,000). 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 8 for and 0 against at a regular meeting of the City Council on September 12, 2005, 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