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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Jim Pilmer, Director of Neighborhood Standards
DATE: April 23, 2015
SUBJECT:
A request to accept the lowest qualified bid for the demolition of the city owned building located at 330-334 North Broadway in the amount of $44,629.00
PURPOSE:
The City of Aurora is scheduled to acquire ownership of the property located at 330-334 N. Broadway Avenue on April 30, 2015. The building on the property has been used as an office building. The structure is approximately 5,200 square feet in size. The building is believed to be of masonry construction with no basement. This site is located within the development boundary and adjacent to Rivers Edge Park. The demolition will result in additional planned open space for the park.
BACKGROUND:
Plans and specifications were prepared for bidding the general demolition and site restoration through the city's demolition engineer Wills, Burke, Kelsey. A Notice to Bidders was advertised in the Beacon News newspaper on Sunday, April 4, 2015. A pre-bid walk-thru was held on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. A total of four (4) bids were submitted and opened on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Bids ranged from a low $44,629.00 to a high of $83,600.00. The apparent low bidder is KLF Enterprises, 2044 W. 163rd Street, Suite 2, Markham, IL 60428. Their bid of $44,629.00 was made accepting all project conditions. KLF Enterprises listed no subcontractors in their bid. The bid tabulation and contract are attachments to this documentation.
KLF Enterprises is a signatory contractor to IUOE Local 150 and the local has provided a proof of compliance letter for the apprenticeship training program required by the Illinois Procurement Code. Reference checks for KLF Enterprises came back with positive information indicating that the contractor had met their contractual obligations regarding demolition work of a similar size and scale.
DISCUSSION:
This project is being coordinated through Neighb...
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