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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 6006 STEWART CASE PARK SITE IMPROVEMENTS 28729 (5)Administrative Services Purchasing Division City of Fort Collins January 10, 2007 J-2 Contracting Company, Inc. 450 East 16th Street Greeley, Colorado 80632 RE: 6006 Stewart Case Park Site Improvements Thank you for recently submitting a bid to the City of Fort Collins for Stewart Case Park Site Improvements. Your firm was not the low bidder and in accordance with contract specifications, your bid bond is being returned to you. We appreciate the time spent in preparing your bid response and we hope you continue your interest in City of Fort Collins' projects. If you should have any questions, please contact me. Sincerely, James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP Director of Purchasing and Risk Management Enclosures: Bid Bond JBO:nkw 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 SECTION 00410 BID BOND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that we, the undersigned J_2 Contracting Co.. Inc,,_ _ as Principal, and Insurance Companv of the West as Surety, are hereby held and firmly bound unto the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, as OWNER, in the sum of $ 5% for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, successors, and assigns.. THE CONDITION of this obligation is such that whereas the Principal has submitted to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado the accompanying Bid and hereby made a part hereof to enter into a Construction Agreement for the construction of Fort Collins Project., Stewart Case Park Site Improvements as per Bid No. 6006 NOW THEREFORE, (a) If said Bid shall be rejected, or (b) If said Bid shall be accepted and the Principal shall execute and deliver a Contract in the form of Contract attached hereto (properly completed in accordance with said Bid) and shall furnish a BOND for his faithful performance of said Contract, and for payment of all persons performing labor or furnishing materials in connection therewith, and shall in all other respects perform the Agreement created by the acceptance of said Bid, then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in force and effect, it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the Surety for any and all claims hereunder shall, in no event, exceed the penal amount of this obligation as herein stated. The Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that the obligations of said Surety and its BOND shall be in no way impaired or affected by any extension of the time within which the OWNER may accept such Bid; and said Surety does hereby waive notice of any such extension. Surety Companies executing bonds must be authorized to transact business in the State of Colorado and be accepted by the OWNER. 7/96 Section 00410 Page 2 IN WITNESS NHERSOF, the Principal and the Surety have hereunto set their hands and seals this 22nd day of November .�, 2006 , and such of them as are corporations have caused their corporate.eals to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed by their proper officers, the day and year ;First set forth above. PRINCIPAL SURETY Name: J-2 Contracting Co., Inc. Insurance Company of Address: 45Q E. 16th Street, 800 Enalewood Parkway, Suite B-204 Greeley, GO 80 _ Englewood, CO 80110 Bye By; — Title: %1 p _ Title,.Vera T. Kalba_,,,-,,,_ Attorney -in -Fact ATTEST: By (SEAL) 7/96 Section 00410 Page 3 MOODY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. 3773 CHERRY CREEK NORTH DRIVE, SUITE 800 DENVER, COLORADO 80209-3804 PHONE: (303) 824.6600 No. 0004778 ICW GROUP Power of Attorney Insurance Company of the West Explorer Insurance Company Independence Casualty and Surety Company KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Insurance Company of the West, a Corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of California, Explorer Insurance Company, a Corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of California, and Independence Casualty and Surety Company, a Corporation duty organized under the laws of the State of Texas, (collectively referred to as the "Companies'), do hereby appoint EVAN E. MOODY, BRAD MOODY, KAREN A. FEGGESTAD, VERA T. KALBA, D.N. BROYLES, DANIEL S. FINHOLM, SCOTT J. HOWARD their true and and other simi State of CaliforriilM " } County of San Diego ss. with authority to date, execute, sign, seal, and deliver on behalf of the Companies, fidelity and surety bonds, undertakings, and any related documents. anies have caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officers this 1st day of November, 2005. Feeney, Assistant Secretary INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE WEST EXPLORER INSURANCE COMPANY INDEPENDENCE CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY John L. Hannum, Executive Vice President On November 1, 2005, before me, Francis Fafaul, Notary Public, personally appeared John L. Hannum and Jeffrey D. Sweeney, personally (mown to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and aclmowledged to me that they executed the same in their authorized capacities, and that by their signatures on the instrument, the entity upon behalf of which the persons acted, executed the instrument. , �'�, i• f N 4 A, T � � a 1r � r" ♦ �� s Iy M. Witness my hand and official seal. Francis Faf nd, Notary Public RESOLUTIONS Ibis Power of Attorney is granted and is signed, sealed and notarized with facsimile signatures and seals under authority of the following resolutions adopted by the respective Boards of Directors of each of the Companies: "RESOLVED: That the President, an Executive or Senior Vice President of the Company, together with the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, are hereby authorized to execute Powers of Attorney appointing the person(s) named as Attorney(s)-in-Fact to date, execute, sign, seal, and deliver on behalf of the Company, fidelity and surety bonds, undertakings, and other similar contracts of suretyship, and any related documents. RESOLVED FURTHER: That the signatures of the officers making the appointment, and the signature of any officer certifying the validity and current status of the appointment, may be fats mile representations of those signatures; and the signature and seal of any notary, and the seal of the Company, may be facsimile representations of those signatures and seals, and such facsimile representations shall have the same force and effect as if manually affixed. The facsimile representations referred to herein may be affixed by stamping, printing, typing, or photocopying." CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary of Insurance Company of the West, Explorer Insurance Company, and Independence Casualty and Surety Company, do hereby certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney is in fall force and effect, and has not been revoked, and that the above resolutions were duly adopted by the respective Boards of Directors of the Companies, and are now in full force. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ihave set my hand this 22nd day of November 2006 . Jeffrey D. Sweeney, Assistant Secretary To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney you may call 1-800-877-1111 and ask for the Surety Division. Please refer to the Power of Attorney Number, the above named individual(s) and details of the bond to which the power is attached. For infomudion or filing claims, please contact Surety Claims, ICW Group, 11455 EI Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130-2045 or call (858) 350-2400.