Improvement Contracts / Maintenance Bonds_Midwest Concrete - 2015 Asphalt Overlay Project One Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 18.
ITEM TITLE: Improvement Contracts / Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bonds
SUMMARY: Midwest Concrete, Inc., for the 2015 Asphalt Overlay Access Ramp
Project One
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
❑ Midwest Concrete, Inc. Contract and Bond Supporting Documentation
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT
SECTION 00500
2015 ASPHALT OVERLAY ACCESS RAMP PROJECT ONE
THIS IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT (the Contract), made in triplicate, dated for references
purposes the 13th day of April, 2015 between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, by its City Manager,
through authority conferred upon the City Manager by its City Council (City), and Midwest
Concrete, Inc. (Contractor).
For and in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
CONTRACTOR AGREES:
1. To furnish all material and equipment and to perform all labor necessary for the 2015
Asphalt Overlay Access Ramp Project One (Project).
2. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
A. The Contract Documents consist of the following:
1. Project Title Page (Section 00100).
2. Project Directory Page (Section 00101).
3. This Public Improvement Contract (Section 00500).
4. Performance, Payment, and Maintenance Bond (Section 00600).
5. Out-of-State Contractor Bond (Section 00610).
6. Other Bonds:
I
a. (Bond Name) (pages —to_ , inclusive).
b. (Bond Name) (pages to inclusive).
c. (Bond Name) (pages to inclusive).
7. The Iowa Statewide Urban Design And Specifications (SUDAS) 2015 Edition.
8. CITY OF DUBUQUE Supplemental Specifications 2015 Edition. j
9. Other Standard and Supplementary Specifications as listed on the Title Page of the
Contract Document Manual
10.Special Provisions included in the project Contract Document Manual.
11.Drawings – Sheet No. through No. (00 pages) or drawings consisting of
sheets bearing the following general title:
Special Provisions (attached) and intersection aerial photos (attached) g
12.Addenda (numbers _to _ , inclusive).
13. Insurance Provisions and Requirements (Section 00700).
i
14. Sales Tax Exemption Certificate (Section 00750).
15. Site Condition Information (Section 00775).
16. Construction Schedule and Agreed Cost of Delay (Section 00800).
I
P
17. Erosion Control Certificate (Section 00900).
18.Consent Decree (Section 01000).
19.Other Project Information and Permits (Section 01100).
5
20.Exhibits to this Contract (enumerated as follows):
a. Contractor's Bid (pages T to _, inclusive).
t
b. Bidder Status Form (Section 00460). I
c. Contractor Background Information Form (Section 00471)
d. The following documentation that must be submitted by Contractor prior to Notice
of Award.
i. NA
ii. NA
I
iii. NA a
e. None.
21.The following which may be delivered or issued on or after the Effective Date of the
Agreement:
a. Notice to Proceed (Section 00850).
b. Project Certification Page (Section 00102).
c. Change Orders (Not attached to this agreement).
There are no other Contract Documents. The Contract Documents may only be amended,
modified, or supplemented as provided in General Conditions.
3. All materials used by the Contractor in the Project must be of the quality required by the
Contract Documents and must be installed in accordance with the Contract Documents.
4. The Contractor must remove any materials rejected by the City as defective or improper, or
any of said work condemned as unsuitable or defective, and the same must be replaced or
redone to the satisfaction of the City at the sole cost and expense of the Contractor.
5. Five percent (5%) of the Contract price will be retained by the City for a period of thirty (30)
days after final completion and acceptance of the Project by the City Council to pay any
claim by any party that may be filed for labor and materials done and furnished in
connection with the performance of this Contract and for a longer period if such claims are
not adjusted within that thirty (30) day period, as provided in Iowa Code Chapter 573 or
Iowa Code Chapter 26. The City will also retain additional sums to protect itself against any
claim that has been filed against it for damages to persons or property arising through the
prosecution of the work and such sums will be held by the City until such claims have been
settled, adjudicated or otherwise disposed of. i
6. The Contractor has read and understands the Contract Documents herein referred to and
agrees not to plead misunderstanding or deception related to estimates of quantity,
character, location or other conditions for the Project.
7. In addition to any warranty provided for in the specifications, the Contractor must also fix
any other defect in any part of the Project, even if the Project has been accepted and fully
paid for by the City. The Contractor's maintenance bond will be security for a period of two
years after the issuance of the Certificate of Substantial Completion.
i
8. The Contractor must fully complete the Project under this Contract on or before the date
indicated in the Construction Schedule and Agreed Cost of Delay Section of the Contract
Documents.
9. INDEMNIFICATION FROM THIRD PARTY CLAIMS. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
Contractor shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless City, its officers and employees, from
and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses claimed by third parties, but not
including any claims, damages, losses or expenses of the parties to this Contract, including
but not limited to attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting from performance of this
Contract, provided that such claim, damages, loss or expense is attributable to bodily
injury, sickness, disease or death, or injury to or destruction of property, including loss of
use resulting there from, but only to the extent caused in whole or in part by negligent acts
or omissions of Contractor, or anyone directly or indirectly employed by Contractor or j
anyone for whose acts Contractor may be liable, regardless of whether or not such claim, II
damage, loss or expense is caused in part by a party indemnified hereunder.
10. The Contractor hereby represents and guarantees that it has not, nor has any other person j
for or in its behalf, directly or indirectly, entered into any arrangement or Contract with any
other Bidder, or with any public officer, whereby it has paid or is to pay any other Bidder or
public officer any sum of money or anything of value whatever in order to obtain this
Contract; and it has not, nor has another person for or in its behalf directly or indirectly,
entered into any Contractor arrangement with any other person, firm, corporation or
association which tends to or does lessen or destroy free competition in the award of this I
Contract and agrees that in case it hereafter be established that such representations or
guarantees, or any of them are false, it will forfeit and pay not less than ten percent (10%)
of the Contract price but in no event less than $2,000.00 (Two Thousand Dollars) to the
City. a
11. The surety on the Bond furnished for this Contract must, in addition to all other provisions,
be obligated to the extent provided for by Iowa Code 573.6 relating to this Contract, which
provisions apply to said Bond.
12. The Contractor agrees, and its Bond is surety therefore, that after the Certificate of
Substantial Completion has been issued by the City, it will keep and maintain the Project in
good repair for a period of two (2) years.
13. The Project must be constructed in strict accordance with the requirements of the laws of
the State of Iowa, and the United States, and ordinances of the City of Dubuque, and in
accordance with the Contract Documents.
A. Alla applicable standards orders, or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act of
pp g
1970 (42 U. S. C. 1958 (H) et. seq.) and the Federal Water Pollution Act (33 U. S. C.
1368 et. seq.) as amended, Executive Order 11738, and Environmental Protection
Agency regulations (40 CFR, Part 15). Contractor must comply with Section 103 and
107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 USC 327-330) and
Department of Labor Regulations (29 CFR, Part 5).
B. The City and the Contractor agree to comply with all provisions of the Davis-Bacon
Federal Prevailing Wage Act, if applicable, and related labor requirements and
regulations and the Federal Wage Determination for this Project.
C. Equipment or products authorized to be purchased with federal funding awarded for
this Contract must be American-made to the maximum extent feasible, in accordance
with Public Law 103-121, Sections 606(a) and (b).
CONSENT DECREE
RELATING TO THE PROJECT
14. F—] THIS CONTRACTOR IS PERFORMING WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUBUQUE RELATED TO
THE WATER & RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTER OR THE SANITARY SEWER
COLLECTION SYSTEM, THEREFORE, THE CONSENT DECREE AND THIS SECTION ARE 1
APPLICABLE.
� ICITYCONTRACTOR
THIS CONTRACTOR IS NOT PERFORMING WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUBUQUE
RELATED TO THE WATER & RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTER OR THE SANITARY
SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM. THEREFORE THE CONSENT DECREE AND THIS
SECTION ARE NOT APPLICABLE.
The City has entered into a Consent Decree in the case of The United States of America, and the
State of Iowa v. The City of Dubuque, Iowa, Civil Action Number Case 2:11-cv-01011-EMJ, Civil
Action Number 2008V00041, DOJ Case Number 90-5-1-1-09339, United States District Court for the
Northern District of Iowa. The provisions of the Consent Decree apply to and are binding upon the City
and its officers, directors, employees, agents, servants, successors, assigns, and all persons, firms I
and corporations under contract with the City to perform the obligations of the Consent Decree. a
The City is required to provide a copy of the Consent Decree to any contractor or consultant retained
to perform work required by the Consent Decree.
THE CITY AGREES:
15. Upon the completion of the Contract, and the acceptance of the Project by the City Council, u
and subject to the requirements of. law, the City agrees to pay the Contractor as full
compensation for the complete performance of this Contract, the amount determined for
the total work completed at the price(s) stated in the Contractor's Bid Proposal and less
any Agreed Cost of Delay provided for in the Contract Documents.
1
CONTRACT AMOUNT $ 52,743.00
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
City Manager's Office
Department
By:
Signature
Michael C. Van Milligen
Printed_Name
City Manager `
Title
04/21/2015
Date
i
CONTRACTOR:
�k C, .-
Contractor
By:
Sig ature
Q cue Cine l
{P�Name
Title
LA__A0 '1
Date !,
N
a
4
E
OOE
i
ii
I
R
E
2283487
1
1
1
I
PERFORMANCE, PAYMENT AND MAINTENANCE BOND '
SECTION 00600
i
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, Midwest Concrete, Inc., as Principal (hereinafter the "Contractor" or "Principal")
and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company , as Surety
are held and firmly bound unto the City of Dubuque, Iowa, as Obligee (hereinafter referred to as
"Owner"), and to all persons who may be injured by any breach of any of the conditions of this
Bond in the penal sum of Fifty-two thousand, seven hundred, forty-three dollars ($52,743.00), 1,
lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum, well and truly to be made, we
bind ourselves, our heirs, legal representatives and assigns, jointly or severally, firmly by these
presents.
The conditions of the above obligations are such that whereas said Contractor entered into a
contract with the Owner, bearing date the 13t" day of _April , 2015, (hereinafter the "Contract")
wherein said Contractor undertakes and agrees to construct the following project in accordance with
the Contract Documents, and to faithfully perform all the terms and requirements of said Contract
within the time therein specified, in a good and workmanlike manner, and in accordance with the
Contract Documents. The Contract Documents for Asphalt Overlay Access Ramps Project One
Project detail the following described improvements:
�I
Clarke Crest Drive Access Ramps CIP # 3001227
Removal, realignment, and reconstruction of corner access ramps associated with the
2015 Asphalt Overlay Access Ramps Project One.
Ia
• Clarke Crest Drive and Clarke Crest Court, dual ramp on the Northwest corner and
one directional ramp on the Southwest corner.
• Clarke Crest Drive and Spires Drive, dual ramp on the Northeast corner and a single
directional ramp on the Southeast corner.
• Clarke Crest Drive and Dunham Drive, Northwest (dual ramp,) and Southwest
corners.
• Construction of new access ramp at 2330 Clarke Crest Drive perpendicular to Clare
Crest Drive to align with the Northwest corner at Dunham Drive.
• Clarke Crest Drive and Farrell Court, Northwest and Northeast corners, construction
of a new ramp at 2360 Clarke Crest Drive to match up with the Northwest corner of
Farrell Court.
R
• Clarke Crest Drive and Lacey Court, Northwest (dual ramp) and Northeast corners.
• Construction of new access ramp at 2400 Clarke Crest Drive, perpendicular to E
Clarke Crest Drive to align with the Northwest corner of Lacey Court. i
• Clarke Crest Drive and Kuhn Lane, Southwest and Southeast corners
• Clarke Crest Drive and Ravenwood Court, Northwest and Northeast corners.
• Construction of a new access ramp at 2460 Clarke Crest Drive to align with ramp at
Northwest corner of Ravenwood Court.
It is expressly understood and agreed by the Contractor and Surety in this Bond that the following
provisions are a part of this Bond and are binding upon said Contractor and Surety, to-wit:
1. PERFORMANCE: The Contractor shall well and faithfully observe, perform, fulfill, and
abide by each and every covenant, condition, and part of said Contract and Contract
Documents, by reference made a part hereof, for the project, and shall indemnify and save
harmless the Owner from all outlay and expense incurred by the Owner by reason of the
Contractor's default of failure to perform as required. The Contractor shall also be
responsible for the default or failure to perform as required under the Contract and Contract
Documents by all its subcontractors, suppliers, agents, or employees furnishing materials
or providing labor in the performance of the Contract.
2. PAYMENT: The Contractor and the Surety on this Bond hereby agreed to pay all just
claims submitted by persons, firms, subcontractors, and corporations furnishing materials a
for or performing labor in the performance of the Contract on account of which this Bond is
given, including but not limited to claims for all amounts due for labor, materials, lubricants,
oil, gasoline, repairs on machinery, equipment, and tools, consumed or used by the
Contractor or any subcontractor, wherein the same are not satisfied out of the portion of the
contract price the Owner is required to retain until completion of the improvement, but the
Contractor and Surety shall not be liable to said persons, firms, or corporations unless the
claims of said claimants against said portion of the contract price shall have been
established as provided by law. The Contractor and Surety hereby bind themselves to the j
obligations and conditions set forth in Chapter 573 of the Iowa Code, which by this H
reference is made a part hereof as though fully set out herein.
3. MAINTENANCE: The Contractor and the Surety on this Bond'hereby agree, at their own
expense:
e
A. To remedy any and all defects that may develop in or result from work to be
performed under the Contract Documents within the period of two (2) year(s) from the
date of acceptance of the work under the Contract, by reason of defects in
workmanship, equipment installed, or materials used in construction of said work;
B. To keep all work in continuous good repair; and
C. To pay the Owner's reasonable costs of monitoring and inspection to assure that any
defects are remedied, and to repay the Owner all outlay and expense incurred as a
result of Contractor's and Surety's failure to remedy any defect as required by this
section.
Contractor's and Surety's Contract herein made extends to defects in workmanship or
materials not discovered or known to the Owner at the time such work was accepted.
4. GENERAL: Every Surety on this Bond shall be deemed and held bound, any contract to the
contrary notwithstanding, to the following provisions:
s
i
A. To consent without notice to any extension of time authorized in approved change
orders to the Contractor in which to perform the Contract;
B. To consent without notice to any change in the Contract or Contract Documents,
authorized in approved change orders which thereby increases the total contract price
and the penal sum of this Bond, provided that all such changes do not, in the
aggregate, involve an increase of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total contract
price, and that this Bond shall then be released as to such excess increase;
C. To consent without notice that this Bond shall remain in full force and effect until the
Contract is completed, whether completed within the specified contract period, within
an extension thereof, or within a period of time after the contract period has elapsed
and the liquidated damage penalty is being charged against the Contractor.
The Contractor and every Surety on the Bond shall be deemed and held bound, any contract to the
contrary notwithstanding, to the following provisions:
i
D. That no provision of this Bond or of any other contract shall be valid that limits to less
than five (5) years after the acceptance of the work under the Contract the right to sue
on this Bond.
E. That as used herein, the phrase "all outlay and expense" is not to be limited in any
way, but shall include the actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Owner including interest, benefits, and overhead where applicable. Accordingly, "all
outlay and expense" would include but not be limited to all contract or employee
expense, all equipment usage or rental, materials, testing, outside experts, attorney's !�
fees (including overhead expenses of the Owner's staff attorneys), and all costs and
expenses of litigation as they are incurred by the Owner. It is intended the Contractor
and Surety will defend and indemnify the Owner on all claims made against the
Owner on account of Contractor's failure to perform as required in the Contract and
Contract Documents, that all agreements and promises set forth in the Contract and r
Contract Documents, in approved change orders, and in this Bond will be fulfilled, and
that the Owner will be fully indemnified so that it will be put into the position it would
have been in had the Contract been performed in the first instance as required.
q
In the event the Owner incurs any "outlay and expense" in defending itself against any claim as to
which the Contractor or Surety should have provided the defense, or in the enforcement of the
promises given by the Contractor in the Contract, Contract Documents, or approved change
orders, or in the enforcement of the promises given by the Contractor and Surety in this Bond, the
Contractor and Surety agree that they will make the Owner whole for all such outlay and expense,
provided that the Surety's obligation under this Bond shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five
percent (125%) of the penal sum of this Bond.
4
In the event that any actions or proceedings are initiated regarding this Bond, the parties agree that
the venue thereof shall be Dubuque County, State of Iowa. If legal action is required by the Owner
to enforce the provisions of this Bond or to collect the monetary obligation incurring to the benefit of
the Owner, the Contractor and the Surety agree, jointly, and severally, to pay the Owner all outlay
and expense incurred therefor by the Owner. All rights, powers, and remedies of the Owner
a
a
hereunder shall be cumulative and not alternative and shall be in addition to all rights, powers, and
remedies given to the Owner, by law. The Owner may proceed against surety for any amount
guaranteed hereunder whether action is brought against the Contractor or whether Contractor is
joined in any such action(s) or not.
NOW THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that if said Principal shall faithfully
perform all the promises of the Principal, as set forth and provided in the Contract, in the Contract f
Documents, and in this Bond, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it shall remain in r
full force and effect.
When a work, term, or phrase is used in this Bond, it shall be interpreted or construed first as
defined in this Bond, the Contract, or the Contract Documents; second, if not defined in the Bond,
Contract, or Contract Documents, it shall be interpreted or construed as defined in applicable
provisions of the Iowa Code; third, if not defined in the Iowa Code, it shall be interpreted or
construed according to its generally accepted meaning in the construction industry; and fourth, if it
has no generally accepted meaning in the construction industry, it shall be interpreted or construed
according to its common or customary usage.
Failure to specify or particularize shall not exclude terms or provisions not mentioned and shall not
limit liability hereunder. The Contract and Contract Documents are hereby made a part of this
Bond.
Project No. 3001227
Witness our hands, in triplicate, this 13th day of April , 2015.
SURETY COUNTERSIGNED BY:
k)AYNWIC FORM APPROVED BY:
Signature of Agent
Kim Hess Representative for Owner
Printed Name of Agent SURETY:
500 Iowa Street
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
Company Address
Dubuque, IA 52001 Surety CO any
City,State,Zip Code By. — —
563-556-5441 Si nature Aft=rney-in-Fact Officer j
Company Telephone Number Jil Conrad
Printed Name of Attorney-in-Fact Officer
PRINCIPAL: TRICOR Insurance
Midwest Concrete, Inc. Company Name
I
Contractor 500 Iowa Street
Company Address
By. GJIE—Si ature Dubuque, IA 52001
Ryan Coates
City,State,Zip Code
Printed Name 563-556-5441
Owner Company Telephone Number j
i
Title
P
9
WEST B , ND 2283487
A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY*
I
Power of Attorney
Know all men by these Presents, That West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, a corporation having its principal office in
the City of West Bend, Wisconsin does make, constitute and appoint:
JILL CONRAD
lawful Attorney(s)-in-fact, to make, execute, seal and deliver for and on its behalf as surety and as its act and deed any
and all bonds, undertakings and contracts of suretyship, provided that no bond or undertaking or contract of suretyship
executed under this authority shall exceed in amount the sum of: Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars($7,500,000)
This Power of Attorney is granted and is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following
Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company at a meeting duly called and held
on the 21st day of December, 1999.
Appointment of Attorney-In-Fact. The president or any vice president, or any other officer of West Bend Mutual Insurance
Company may appoint by written certificate Attorneys-in-Fact to act on behalf of the company in the execution of and
attesting of bonds and undertakings and other written obligatory instruments of like nature. The signature of any officer
authorized hereby and the corporate seal may be affixed by facsimile to any such power of attorney or to any certificate
relating therefore and any such power of attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signatures or facsimile seal shall
be valid and binding upon the company, and any such power so executed and certified by facsimile signatures and
facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the company in the future with respect to any bond or undertaking or other
writing obligatory in nature to which it is attached. Any such appointment may be revoked, for cause, or without cause,
by any said officer at any time.
In witness whereof, the West Bend Mutual Insurance Company has caused these presents to be signed by its president
undersigned and its corporate seal to be hereto duly attested by its secretary th' 1 st dr�/larch, 2009.
Attest
RPORAT
Ja�ejJ. Pa 's F':�: Kevin A. Steiner
Seary SEAL Chief Executive Officer I President
State of Wisconsin '°.:
County of Washington `....
On the 1st day of March, 2009 before me personally came Kevin A. Steiner, to me known being by duly sworn, did
depose and say that he resides in the County of Washington, State of Wisconsin; that he is the President of West Bend
Mutual Insurance Company, the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the
seal of the said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that is was so affixed by order
of the board of directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
• .
*O NOTARY `,r John well
U1
PUBLIC •'2F
ice President-Chief Legal OfficerxecuveV
'2y Notary Public,Washington Co.WI
My Commission is Permanent
The undersigned, duly elected to the office stated below, now the incumbent in West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, a
Wisconsin corporation authorized to make this certificate, Do Hereby Certify that the foregoing attached Power of
Attorney remains in full force effect and has not been revoked and that the Resolution of the Board of Directors, set forth
in the Power of Attorney is now in force.
Signed and sealed at West Bend, Wisconsin this 13 dray of April 2015 1
. INS( /
RPARATF.1%0%. /(�
Dale J. Kent 1
�..• � Executive Vice President-
Chief Financial Officer
1
s
NOTICE:Any questions concerning this Power of Attorney may be directed to the Bond Manager at NSI,a division of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company
8401 Greenway Blvd. Suite 1100 1 P.O. Box 620976 1 Middleton,WI 53562 1 ph (608) 410-3410 1 www.thesilverlining.corn l