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Public Improvement Contract with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. for the Asphalt Rubber Chip Seal Project
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Award the bid and authorize the City Manager to execute the Contract Agreement in the amount of $61,837.50 with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. to provide construction services to complete the Asphalt Rubber Chip Seal Project.
BACKGROUND:
In accordance with City and State contracting procedures, the City of Oregon City would like to establish a contract for asphalt rubber chip seal services with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. utilizing an Interstate Cooperative Agreement per ORS 279A.220. This agreement allows the City of Oregon City to piggyback off of the 2017 Joint City-County Preservation Project the City of Vancouver, City of Washougal, and Clark County cooperatively entered into with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. to provide slurry seal, chip seal, and micro-surfacing services.
Per the Joint-City County contract, Section 1-04.1 Intent of the Contract expressly allows other agencies to take advantage of the contractor’s services and set price under The Washington State Interlocal Cooperation Act Ch. 39.34 RCW which allows other public agencies to purchase identical prices and services under their solicitation or contract.
Following ORS 279A.220(b), a notice of intent to establish a contract was published in the Portland Daily Journal of Commerce on May 24, 2017 and did not receive any comments within the required seven day public notice period.
The work authorized by this contract is funded though the City’s Pavement Maintenance Utility Fee (PMUF) and is a necessary component of the City’s annual street maintenance commitment. The asphalt rubber (AR) chip seal application will be a first for the City as it usually utilizes a chip seal treatment consisting of crushed rock. The AR chip seal is composed of a blend of asphalt cement and crumb rubber, oftentimes consisting of reclaimed tire rubber. This ru...
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