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MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 554
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CITY'S REQUIRE-
MENT OF ASPHALT (EITHER LIQUID OR EMULSIFIED, OR BOTH) FOR
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THE 1990 FISCAL YEAR, TO BE USED IN STREET CONSTRUCTION AND
REPAIR WORK
BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager is hereby au-
thorized to advertise for bids for the purchase of the
City's requirement of asphalt for the 1990 fiscal year.
Bidders are to give quotations on bituminous materials to
meet Kentucky Bureau of Highways Standard Specification for
Road and Bridge Construction for the following:
AE - 200 (approximately 10,000 gallons)
SS - 1H (approximately 1,000 gallons)
RS - 2 (approximately 1,000 gallons)
Primer L (approximately 1,000 gallons)
Pug Mill Rental (per gallon of AE - 200, approxi-
mately 10,000 gallons)
The above quantities are preliminary estimates
only and the City reserves the right to add or delete from
the above at its discretion.
Bid price to be F.O.B. any delivery point in the
City as may be designated by the City of Paducah.
Orders are to be placed by collect telephone call
to the successful bidder or bidders and delivery to be made
within forty-eight hours after the order has been placed.
The material must arrive at the designated delivery place at
the recommended application temperature as covered in Ken-
tucky Bureau of Highways Standard Specification.
Each shipment of bituminous material must be made
from storage tanks approved by the Division of Materials of
the Kentucky Bureau of Highways, and a form indicating that
the bituminous material has been approved for use by the
Division of Materials shall accompany each shipment.
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Check samples of weights may be made on any or all
shipments of asphalt to the City of Paducah. These samples
will be sent to a testing laboratory selected by the City.
The successful bidder will bear the expense of the weighing
and testing.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish
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and install an adequate storage tank equipped with fittings
and steam coils for heating liquid asphalt, if requested by
the City of Paducah.
If shipped by transport trucks, they are to be
equipped with fittings and hose for pumping into storage
tanks. Each shipment of bituminous material made by trans-
port truck must be accompanied by a certified statement of
gallonage and.net gallonage figured at 60 degrees F. and
weighed by an approved weighman on an approved scales.
All bids shall provide a guarantee against advance
in the market price and guarantee a reduction in price in
the event of a decrease in the market price. The successful
bidder shall post a performance bond in the sum of $1,000,
guaranteeing specifications and delivery.
SECTION 2. The City Manager shall advertise for
bids by inserting notice of the request for bids in The
Paducah Sun to be published as required by law. All bids
shall be sealed and no bid shall be received after the hour
fixed in the notice for the opening of same. All bids
received by the City Manager up to the time fixed.for the
opening of same shall be filed with the Board of Commis-
sioners who may let a contract to the best responsible
bidder, and the Board of Commissioners shall reserve the
right to reject any and all bids and the City shall not
become legally obligated to purchase said material until the G
final adoption of an authorizing ordinance and the execution
of a contract.
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SECTION 3. This Order shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its adoption.
GERRY B. MONTGOMERY
Mayor
\� Adopted by the Board of Commissioners March 13, 1990
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, March 13, 1990
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