Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: March 16, 2021

Summary:

Lewis County awarded the material purchase of rock for the 2021 3R program for 3/8 -No 4 Crushed Screening to Alderbrook Quarry on February 22, 2021.  The Bidder failed to execute the contract. WSDOT 2020 Standard Specification Section 1-03.5 (Failure to Execute Contract) and supplemental language in the Contract Special Provisions state if this should occur, the Contracting Agency may then Award the Contract to the second lowest responsible Bidder.

Resolution approval will award the 2021 Rock Purchase Rebid of 3/8-No 4 Crushed Screening to Good Crushing for a total of $615,292.66.

 

NOTE: The commissioners passed a floor amendment 3-16-21 to change the award total to $615,292.66 and to replace the attachment with one that matches the new bid award. The official version (a copy of which is in Laserfiche) includes that updated attachment. The outdated attachment remains in PacketWriter.

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Robin Saline, PW; Kim Amrine: PW; Rose Williams, PW; Tina Hemphill, PW

Resolution

WHEREAS, a call for bids for the 2021 Rock Purchase Rebid project was issued January 21, 2021; and

WHEREAS, Public Works received four bids, and the top three were evaluated to determine the most advantageous. The top three bid quotations were submitted as follows:

Contractor Name	3/8-No 4 Crushed Screening	Crushed surfacing top course (CSTC)
Good Crushing, Toledo, WA	$20.00/ton	$10.00/ton
Winston Quarry, Mossyrock, WA	No Bid	$10.00/ton
Alderbrook Quarry	$18.00/ton	$10.00/ton

WHEREAS, Alderbrook Quarry provided the most advantageous bid for 3/8-No 4 Crushed Screening for a total of $575,606.88 and was awarded the contract on February 22, 2021; and

WHEREAS, the bidder, Alderbrook Quarry, failed to execute the contract; and

WHEREAS, WSDOT 2020 Standard Specification Section 1-03.5 (Failure to Execute Contract) and supplemental language in the Contract Special Provisions state if this (failure to execute the contract) should occur, the Contracting Agency may then award the contract to the second-lowest responsible bidder; and

WHEREAS, Good Crushing submitted the second-lowest responsible bid for the 3/8 No 4 Crushed Screening in the amount of $615,292.66.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the contract for the 2021 Rock Purchase, 3/8 No 4 Crushed Screening, in Lewis County be awarded to Good Crushing in the amount of $615,292.66. Upon presentation of such contract, the County Engineer is authorized to sign on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 16th day of March, 2021.