Title
2014 Road Improvement Program - Proposal Award
History
The 2014 Capital Improvement Roadway Maintenance Program Budget includes $2,884,000 plus $56,000 rolled over from FY2013 for a total of $2,940,000 to fund the following ongoing programs: (1) road improvement program, (2) shotcrete curb and gutter repair program, (3) pavement marking program, (4) concrete slab raising/mud jacking program, (5) roadway crack filling program. The Capital Improvement Roadway Maintenance Program also includes funding for miscellaneous pavement patching and infrastructure repairs. Competitive pricing for the Road Improvement portion of the Capital Improvement Roadway Maintenance Program is bid annually. The four remaining programs are competitively bid on a multi-year basis and will encumber approximately $317,000 of the annual Capital Improvement Roadway Maintenance Program funds.
As was the case in FY2013, in order to provide flexibility in procuring the highest quality professional services and to ensure a successful road improvement program, staff is requesting to waive the bid process and utilize a competitive request for proposal (RFP) process. A request for proposals for the Road Improvement program was advertised in the SouthtownStar Newspaper on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Six (6) sealed proposals were received for evaluation. Proposals were received from: Austin Tyler Construction of Elwood, Illinois; Central Blacktop Co. Inc. of LaGrange, Illinois; Crowley-Sheppard Asphalt, Inc. of Chicago Ridge, Illinois; D. Construction of Coal City, Illinois; K-Five Construction Corp. of Lemont, Illinois; and P.T. Ferro Construction Company of Joliet, Illinois. The sealed proposals were opened by the Clerkâs Office at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2014 [see attached Proposal Summary Sheet].
Following an internal proposal review, including a proposed evaluation [see attached Evaluation Sheet and Scoring Explanation], Austin Tyler Construction of Elwood, Illinois, wa...
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