HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 5963 TRAILWORK 2006Administrative Services
Purchasing Division
City of Fort Collins
March 30, 2006
ABCO Contracting Company, Inc.
2180 E. 7th Pl.
Denver, CO 80229
RE: Bid 5963 Trail Work 2006
Thank you for recently submitting a bid to the City of Fort Collins for 5963.
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,
m B. O'Neill Il, CPPO, FNIGP
Director of Purchasing and Risk Management
Enclosures: Bid Bond
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215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707
00410 BID BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned ABCO
Contracting Company, Inc. as Principal , and Insurance Company of
the West as Surety, are hereby held and firmly bound unto the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado, as Owner, in the penal sum of Five Percentof
Amount Bid ($ 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 Contract Agreement for the
construction of City of Fort Collins Project, 5963 Trail Work 2006
WHEREAS, the Owner, as a condition for receiving said bid, requires
the Principal to deposit with the Owner a Bid Guaranty equal to five
percent (5%) of the amount of said bid.
NOW, THEREFORE,
(a) If said bid shall be rejected; or in the alternate,
(b) If said bid shall be accepted and the Principal
shall execute and deliver a Contract Agreement
(properly completed in accordance with said bid) and
shall furnish a Performance and Payment Bond upon
the forms prescribed by the Owner for the faithful
performance of said Agreement; 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 liabi-
lity of the Surety for any and all claims hereunder shall, in no event,
exceed the penal amount of this obligation as herein stated.
00410 continued
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Principal and the Surety have hereunto set
their hands and seals this 23rd day of February , 2006 , and such of then
as are corporations have caused their corporate seals to be hereto affixed
and these presents to be signed by their proper officers, the day and year
first set forth above.
PRINCIPAL.
Name ABCO Contracting Company, Inc.
2180 E. 74th Place
Address: Denver, CO 80229
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SURETY
Insurance Company of the West
800 Englewood Parkway, Suite B-204
Englewood,
CEO 80110
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Title:
VeraT. Kalba
Attorney -in -Fact
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NOTE: Surety Companies
executing bonds must
be authorized
to trerrsaeis u4'°
business in the
State of Colorado and
be acceptable to the Owner.
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
The 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, The
Explorer Insurance Company, a Corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Arizona, and Independence Casualty and Surety Company, a Corporation
duly organized under the laws of the State of Texas, (collectively referred to as the "Companies'), do hereby appoint
their true and
and other simi
WE
EVAN E. MOODY, BRAD MOODY, JODY ANTDERSON, VERA T. KALBA, D.N. BROYLES, DANIEL S. FINHOLM
with authority to date, execute, sign, seal, and deliver on behalf of the Companies, fidelity and surety bonds, undertakings,
and any related documents.
have caused these presents to be executed by its duly authorized officers this 16th day of January, 2001.
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H. Craig, Assistant Secretary
State of California
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County of San Diego
INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE WEST
THE EXPLORER INSURANCE COMPANY
INDEPENDENCE CASUALTY AND SURETY
COMPANY
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John L. Hannum, Executive Vice President
On December 5, 2003, before me, Mary Cobb, Notary Public, personally appeared John L. Hannum and John H. Craig, personally known to me to be
the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged 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.
Witness my hand and official seal.
Mary Cobb, Notary Public
RESOLUTIONS
This 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 Attomey(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 facsimile 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 htsurance Company of the West, The Explorer Insurance Company, and Independence Casualty and Surety Company, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Power of Attorney is in full 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 itJ full force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this day ofhL3 l� .r
John H. Craig, 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 information or filing claims, please contact Surety Claims, ICW Group,
11455 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA 92130-2045 or call (858) 350-2400.