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CHANGE ORDER NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1718-127: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND RUDY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $11,059.95 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $297,386.95 FOR THE MAIN STREET PAVING PROJECT FROM JONES STREET TO PORTER AVENUE, FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT, AND BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN PROJECT ACCOUNTS.
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BACKGROUND: The Main Street Streetscape Project from Park Avenue to James Garner Avenue was completed utilizing City and Federal funding. This project included a mill and overlay of Main Street through this corridor. On June 5, 2017, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Transportation Commission awarded the ODOT participating Main Street Streetscape Project to Rudy Construction in the amount of $3,052,446.98. Proposed improvements for the Main Street Streetscape Overlay Project included:
1. Pavement mill and overlay
2. Pavement markings
3. Stamped and colored asphalt at intersections
The remaining blocks of Main Street from Jones Avenue to Porter Avenue had been completed previously and the stamped and colored asphalt at the intersections were in need of repair and there were several sections of the asphalt that needed repair. To capitalize on the Main Street Streetscape Project, on May 22, 2018, City Council approved Contract K-1718-127 with Rudy Construction Company to complete the Main Street Streetscape Overlay Project between Jones Avenue and Porter Avenue in the amount of $286,327 using City Capital Funds. This contract utilized the contractor for the Main Street Streetscape Project ensuring that the pattern and colors used at the intersections would be consistent through the corridor and to provide for a uniform fresh look for all of Downtown Main Street.
DISCUSSION: Roadway construction projects are awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Contractor bids are determined using plan quantities multiplied by the contractor's unit prices for all bid items of the cont...
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