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MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 48
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO.ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR
THE PURCHASE OF THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT OF ASPHALT (EITHER LIQUID OR EMULSIFIED, OR
BOTH) FOR THE YEAR 1981, TO BE USED IN STREET CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK
BE IT --ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1_. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to
advertise for bids for the purchase of the City's -requirement -of asphalt for the year
1981. 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)
RS - 2 (approximately 1,000 gallons).
Primer L -(approximately 1,000 gallons)
Pug Mill Rental (per gallon of AE - 200)
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 order has been.
placed. The material must arrive at the designated delivery place at the recommended
application.temperature as covered in Kentucky 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 materialhas been .approved for use by the -Division of
Materials shall accompany each shipment.
Check samples of weights maybe made on any or -all shipments of.asphalt to
the City of Paducah.- These samples -will be.s.ent 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 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
transport 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.
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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 Commissioners 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 final adoption of an authorizing ordinance and
the execution of a contract.
SECTION 3. This Order shall be in full force and effect "from -and after the
date of its adoption.
Kai,
May r
Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 21, 1981
Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, April 21, 1981
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