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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 6109 FURNITURE SOUTH EAST BRANCH LIBRARY FORT COLLINS (3)Administrative Services Furchasmg Division City of Fort Collins September 9 2008 HighSmith, Inc PO Box 800 Fort Atkinson WI53538 RE 6109 Furniture SE Branch Library Fort Collins Thank you for recently submitting a bid to the City of Fort Collins for 6109 Furniture SE Branch Library Fort Collins 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 s B O'Neill II CPPO FNIGP D r ctor of Purchasing and Risk Management Enclosures Bid Bond JBO mar 215 North Mason Street 2nd Floor PO Box 580 Fort Collins CO 80522 0580 (970) 221 6775 FAX (970) 221 6707 Bond No % BID BOND The American Institute of Architects, AIA Document No A310 (February 1970 Edition) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we Highsmith Inc P O Box 800 Fort Atkinson WI 53538 as Principal hereinafter called the Principal, and Old Republic Insurance Company a corporation duly organized under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania as Surety, hereinafter called the Surety are held and firmly bound unto C, tv of Fort Collins 215 North Mason Street, Fort Collins, CO as Obligee, hereinafter called the Obligee, in the sum of five percent of bid amount ------------------ Dollars ($ 5% 82,546.37 ), for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, the said Principal and the said Surety, bind ourselves our heirs executors administrators, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, finely by these presents WHEREAS, the Principal has submitted a bid for 6109 Furniture — South East Branch Libra ry NOW THEREFORE, if the Obligee shall accept the bid of the Principal and the Principal shall enter into a Contract with the Obligee in accordance with the terms of such bid, and give such bond or bonds as may be specified in the bidding or Contract Documents with good and sufficient surety for the faithful performance of such Contract and for the prompt payment of labor and material furnished in the prosecution thereof, or in the event of the failure of the Principal to enter such Contract and give such bond or bonds if the Principal shall pay to the Obligee the difference not to exceed the penalty hereof between the amount specified in said bid and such larger amount for which the Obligee may in good faith contract with another party to perform the Work covered by said bid then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect Signed and sealed this 23rd day of July 2008 A'r11nrC"& Highsmith Inc Witness Principal (Seal) By a��„ w_� �1/r(,� Project Manager Name/Titi- �� Witnes Old Republic Insurance Company i� Surety % M By Attorney in Fact ORSC 21328 (5/97) OLDIREPLBLIG Company POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY a Pennsylvania stock insurance corporation does make constitute and appoint EDWARD J GOESEL, PAUL J JEMMI, LAURA SADLER, OF SCHAUMBURG, IL Its true and lawful Attorney(s) in Fact with full power and authority not exceeding $5 000 000 for and on behalf of the company as surety to execute and deliver and affix the seal of the company thereto (if a seal is required) bonds undertakings recognizances or other written obligations in the nature thereof (other than self insurance workers compensation bonds guaranteeing pad ment of benefits asbestos aba ement contract bonds waste management bongs hazardous waste remediation bonds or black lung bonds) as follows ALL WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN AGGREGATE OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS($500,000)------------------ FOR ANY SINGLE OBLIGATION, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF INSTRUMENTS ISSUED FOR THE OBLIGATION and to bind OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY thereby and all of the acts of said Attorneys in Fact pursuant to these presents are ratified and confirmed This document is not valid unless printed on colored background and is multi colored This appointment is made under and by authority of the board of directors at a special meeting held on May 29 1986 This Power of Attorney is signed and sealed by facsimile under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY on May 29 198E RESOLVED FURTHER that the chairman president or any vice president of the Company s surety division in conjunction with the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Company be and hereby are authorized and directed to execute and deliver to such persons as such officers of the Company may deem appropriate Powers of Attorney in the form presented to and attached to the minutes of this meeting authorizing such persons to execute and deliver and affix the seal of the Company to bonds undertakings recognizances and suretyship obligations of all kinds other than bail bonds bank depository bonds mortgage deficiency bonds mortgage guaranty bonds guarantees of installment paper and note guaranty bonds The said officers may revoke any Power of Attorney previously granted to any such person The authority of any Power of Attorney granted by any such officer of the Company as aforesaid shall not exceed five million dolla s ($5 000 000 00) except (a) bonds required to be filed as open penalty bonds and (b) bonds fi ad with any court or governmental authority requiring an unlimited penalty in bonds filed in that court RESOLVED FURTHER that any bond undertaking recognizance or suretyship obligation shall be valid and binding upor the Company (i) when signed by the chairman president or any vice president of the Company s surety division and attested and sealed (if 9 seal be required) by any secretary or assistant secretary or (ii) when signed by a duly authorized attorney in fact and sealed with the seal of the Company (if a seal be required) RESOLVED FURTHER that the signature of any officer designated above and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power of Attorney of certification thereof authorizing the execution and delivery of any bond undertaking recognizance or other suretyship obligations of the Company and such signature and seal when so used shall have the same force and effect as though manually affixed IN WITNESS WHEREOF OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by Its proper officer and its corporate seal to be affixed this 15TH day of FEBRUARY, 2007 OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY F n ooSEAL �D Assistant ecretary Vice President STATE OF WISCONSIN COUNTY OF WAUKESHA SS 15TH day of FEBRUARY, 2007 On this personally came before me JAMES E LEE and GERALDINE J STELTERto me known to be the Individuals and officers of the OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPAN) who executed the above instrument and they each acknowledged the execution of the same and being by me duly sworn did severally depose and sav that they are said officers of the corporation aforesaid and that the seal affixed to the above instrument is the seal of the corporation and that said corporate seal and their signatures as such officers were duly affixed and subscribed to the said instrument by the authority of the board of directors of said organization � NOTAflY T Notary Public 9Jf Of NA540? CERTIFICATE My commission expires 01/18/2009 1 the undersigned assistant secretary of the OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY a Pennsylvania corporation CERTIFY that the foregoing and attached power of attorney remains in full force and has not been revoked and furthermore that the Resolutions of the board of directors set forth in the Power of Attorney are now in force 63-0678 `"Tgcu =amo° Signed and sealed at the City of Brookfield this day of + SEAL 3 n o t ACORDIA OF I`irS."",tr 61S INC ✓ AssistantSecretary thIS' f1017(1'�ITISIV0T�1A�tlp It'D3A11D(31DI? �SfC}ROIlND1NDj5gU(UI1OIORED ORSC 11006 - r