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Lubbock, Texas
RECESSED REGULAR MEETING:
The City Commission of the City of Lubbock, Texas, met at 10:30 o'clock a.m. in recessed regular
session recessed from Regular Meeting of April 25, 1963, the following members thereof being
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present, to -wit:
Mayor Pro -tern Commissioner W.C. O'Mara and Commissioners Rolan Simpson and Marvin McLarty, Jr.,
City Manager H.P. Clifton.
Absent: Mayor Jack F. Strong and Commissioner W.E. Alderson, City Attorney Fred 0. Senter, Jr.,
Assistant City Manager Fritz Lanham, City Secretary -Treasurer Lavenia Lowe.
63-22-176-528 NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed to Floyd P. Nesbitt, Purchasing Agent, City of Lubbock, Texas,
will be received at the office of the Purchasing Agent, Room 207, City Hall, Lubbock, Texas, until
10:00 a.m., C.S.T., April 26, 1963, for furnishing all necessary materials, machinery, equipment,
superintendence and labor to excavate approximately 25,000 cubic yarns of earth and depositing the
excavated material in fill areas. The submitted bids will publicly be opened and read aloud.
Bidders shall submit their bid on the forms attached to the specifications and must
submit therewith a Cashier's Check issued by a bank satisfactory to the Owner, or a Proposal Bond
from a reliable Surety Company, payable without recourse to the order of the City of Lubbock, Texas,
in an amount not less than five per cent (5%) of the largest possible bid submitted on the Project
as a guaranty that the Bidder will enter into a contract and execute bond and guaranty in the forms
provided within ten (10) days after notice of award of contract to him. Bids without the required
guaranty will not be considered.
The successful Bidder must furnish bonds on the forms attached to the Specifications in
the amount of 100% of the total contract price from a Surety Company holding a permit from the State
of Texas to act as Surety, or other Surety of Sureties acceptable to the Owner.
All lump sum and unit prices must be stated in both script and figures. The Owner reserves
the right to reject any or all bids and to waive formalities. In case of ambiguity or lack of
clearness in stating the prices in the bids, the Owner reserves the right to consider the most
advantageous construction thereof, or to reject the bid. Unreasonable (or "unbalanced") unit prices
will authorize the Owner to reject the bid.
Bidders are expected to inspect the site of the work and to inform themselves regarding
all local conditions under which the work is to be done. Attention is called to the provisions
of the Acts of the 43rd Legislature of the State of Texas, Page 91, Chapter 45, (Article No. 5159 A
Civil Statutes 1925) concerning the wage scale and payment of prevailing wage established by the Owner.
There must be paid on this project not less than the following prevailing wage rates:
*Achanic Workman
General Prevailing
General Prevailing
or Type of Labor
per diem wage based
Hourly Wage
on 8 hour_H2Lk,in day
Power equipment Operators: Bulldozers
$12.00
$1.50
Cranes, Draglines
12.00
1.50
Motorized Graders
12.00
1.50
Scrapers
12.00
1.50
Truck Drivers,lk tons or less
9.20
1.15
Truck Drivers, over 1� tons
10.00
1.25
Mechanics
10.00
1.25
Oilers
9.20
1.15
Laborers
9.20
1.15
Welders: Electric or Acetylene
10.80
1.35
Time Keeper
9.60
1.20
Clerk
9.20
1.15
Information for bidders, proposal forms, plans and specifications are on file at the office
of the Purchasing Agent, Room 207, City Hall, Lubbock, Texas. Copies of the same may be secured at
the office of A. C. Bowden, Consulting Engineer, 1414 Avenue "J", Lubbock, Texas.
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS,
Owner
Floyd P. Nesbitt
Purchasing Agent
In accordance with the above Notice to Bidders, Bid No. 7334, bids as follows were received for work
as is stated in the above Notice. This being Lake #5, C. K. and W. M. Kitten, the Southwest k of
Section 30 and the Southeast k of Section 35, Block 24, HE and WT Railroad Company survey, Lubbock
County, Texas. Motion was made by Commissioner Simpson, seconded by Commissioner McLarty, motion
carried, Mayor pro-tem Couauissioner O'Mara, and Commissioners Simpson and McLarty voting Yea,
none voting Nay, to authorize acceptance of the bid of Tadlock and Channel for excavating approximately
25,000 cubic yards of earth and depositing the excavated material in fill areas. The Mayor being
hereby authorized to enter into contract. The total contract cost being $4,500.00.
This project is for the purpose of reducing the size of the lake area, to prevent mosquitoes and
to conserve water and reuse for irrigation purposes. The project being known as "Multipurpose
Modification of Playa Sinks, Lake #5.
Bid Tabulation and Recommendations set in on page 176A.
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BID TABULATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS SET IN FROM PAGE 176. ITEM NO. 63-22-176-528.
A. C. BOWDEN
CONSULTING ENGINEER
BID TABULATION AIM REC (I.51EIMITIONS
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
TEXAS: 7880; NEW MEXICO. 1860
MULTIPURPOSE MODIFICATION OF PLAYA SINKS
LAKE No.
The following bids were received at the office of Floyd P.
Nesbit, Purchasing Agent, City of Lubbock, Texas, until 10:00
AM, April 26, 1963 and were then read aloud at a public
hearing:
BIDDER UNIT PRICE TOTAL BID
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Tadlock and Channel $ 0.18 $ 4,500.00
2721 - 62nd.. St.
Lubbock, Texas
McNal]y Construction Co. 0.23 5,750.00
3715 - 36th. St.
Lubbock, Texas
Bill Hood 0.26 6,500.00
P. O. Box 5353
Lubbock, Texas
Tadlock and Channel was the low bidder and have indicated
that they are ready to start work as soon as the contract
documents can be prepared and executed. This firm has the
necessary equipment and personnel to assign to the job.
It is recommended that the contract be awarded to Tadlock
and Channel and that the contract documents be prepared as
soon as possible so that construction can be started and
the job completed on schedule.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. BOWDEN
Consulting Engineer
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cc - Dr. David M. Cowgill
William L. Broadhurst
PHONE PO 3-1731 Walter Breedl.o?8ITE 201 -- 1414 AVENUE J
LUBBOCK, TEXAS