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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 7076 POUDRE TRAIL REHABILITATION JUNCTION AND ELS (2)Ci ty October 7, 2009 LaFarge North American Inc. dba Lafarge West, Inc. 1800 N. Taft Hill Rd Fort Collins, CO 80521 RE: 7076 Poudre Trail Rehabilitation- Junction and ELS Financial Services Purchasing Division 215 North Mason Street 2nd Floor PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6775 970.221.6707 - fax fcgov_. com/purchasing Thank you for recently submitting a bid to the City of Fort Collins for 7076 Poudre Trail Rehabilitation- Junction and ELS. 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, �o a es B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP ector of Purchasing and Risk Management Enclosures: Bid Bond JBO:cj SECTION 00410 BID BOND KNOW .ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that we, the undersigned 'SEE BELOW" as Principal, and as Surety, are hereby held and firmly bound unto the Citv of. Fort Collins, Colorado, as OWNER, in the sum of Five Percent_(5%) of Amount Bid for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, successors, and assi.gns. 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, 7076 Poudre Trail Rehabilitation Junction and ELS. NOW THEREFORE, (a) If said Bid shall be rejected, or (b) If said Sid 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 fu,rn.ishing 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 iri 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 Obligations that the Obligations of said Surety and its BOND shall be in no way impaired or af:!ected by any extension of the time within which the OWNER may accept such Bid.; a.n.d said Surety does hereby waive notice of any such extension. Sua:ety Companies executing bonds must be authorized, to transact business in the State of Colorado and be accepted by the OWNER. Rev 10l20t07 'Lafarge North American, Inc. dba Lafarge West, Inc., and Safeco Insurance Company of America` Section 004.10 Page 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Principal and the Surety have hereunto set their hands and seals this 2nd day of October , 20 09, and such of them 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 a.bove- PRINCIPAL SURETY Name :Lafarge North American Inc., dba Lafarge West, Inc. Safeco Insurance Company of America Ad �.r e s s : 1800 N. Taft ATTEST: Rev 10nw07 1001 4th Avenue, Ste 1700 Seattle A 98154 By Ao" oj'Gi r\ G.. Ow Sandra E. Bronson Title: Attorney -in -Fact Section 0041.0 Page 2 Safeco Insurance Company of America General Insurance Company of America POWER 1001 4th Avenue tlixl,," OF ATTORNEY Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98154 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS: No. 5014 That SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, each a Washington corporation, does each hereby appoint *SANDRA E. BRONSON; ROSEMARIE CAPONI; RICHARD A. JACOBUS; DENNIS C. LAUSIER, ELIZABETH MARRERO; MAUREEN MCNEILL; WAYNE G. MCVAUGH; MARY C. O'LEARY, ADRIENNE SEAFORD; DOUGLAS R. WHEELER; DARELLAE. WHITE; Philadelphia, Pen nsylvania********+*+»****•+*++EF***,,F,,,fx,,,,E,,,****,,,,,**** _ *** its true and lawful attorney(syin-fact, with full authority to execute on its behalf fidelity and surety bonds or undertakings and other documents of a similar character issued in the course of its business, and to bind the respective company thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA have each executed and attested these presents this 21 st March day of 2009 - Dexter R. Legg, Secreta Timoth A. Mikola ewski Vice President CERTIFICATE Extract from the By -Laws of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA: ."Article V, Section 13. - FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS ... the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, and any Assistant Vice President appointed for that purpose by the officer in charge of surety operations, shall each have authority to appoint individuals as attomeys-in-fact or under other appropriate titles with authority to execute on behalf of the company fidelity and surety bonds and other documents of similar character issued by the company in the course of its business... On any instrument making or evidencing such appointment, the signatures may be affixed by facsimile. On any instrument conferring such authority or on any bond or undertaking of the company, the seal, or a facsimile thereof, may be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced; provided, however, that the seal shall not be necessary to the validity of any such instrument or undertaking." Extract from a Resolution of the Board of Directors of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA adopted July 28, 1970. "On any certificate executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company setting out, (i) The provisions of Article V, Section 13 of the By -Laws, and A copy of the power-of-attomey appointment, executed pursuant thereto, and (iii) Certifying that said power-of-attomey appointment is in full force and effect, the signature of the certifying officer may be by facsimile, and the seal of the Company may be a facsimile thereof." I, Dexter R. Legg Secretary of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, do hereby certify that the foregoing extracts of the By and of a Resolution of the Board of Directors of these Corporations, and of a Polder of Attorney and issued pursuant thereto, are true and correct, and that both the By -Laws, the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are still in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the facsimile sead of said corporation., this / V day of Z; Cp r SEAL �Ali. ��aj'IZSt� Dexter R. Legg, Secretary S-0974/DS 3/09 WEB PDF NIS` SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA FiNANC2AL STATEMENT — DECEMBER 31, 2008 Assets Cash and Bank Deposits ...................................... S 267,363,750 *Bands —U.SClovernment.............................................13,359,352 *Other Bonds........................................................... 2,353,906,395 *Stocks.................................................................... 281,831,749 RealEstate..................................................................... 0 Agents' Balances or Uncollected Premiums ................557,216,809 Accrued Interest and Rents .................................... 34,037,369 Other Admitted Assets ........................................... 444.517.784 Total Admitted Assets ........................... 53.2gge&M UablUdes Unearned Premiums .............................................. $ 666,660,985 Reserve for Claims and Claims Expense ................. .1,577,767,462 Funds Held Under Reinsurance Treaties ............... 430,979 Reserve for Dividends to Policyholders ......................... 2,164,985 Additional Statutory Reserve ................................ Reserve for Commissions, Taxes and _ Other Liabilities .............................................. 935.383360 Total ....._........................................... $3,128,407,771 Special Surplus Funds...... S 3,399,995. Capital Stock ................................ 5,000,000 Paid in Surplus ..... ............ „............. 346,118,108 Unassigned Surplus.. :................ 415307334 Surplus to Policyholders....................... 76_ 9_ 82d37 Total LiabiHtits and Surplus....................... _r&2S I 8 * Bonds are stated at amortized or investment value; Stocks at Association Market Values. Securities carried at $113 j984,922 are deposited as required by law. I, TIM MIKOLAJEWSKI, Vice -President of SAFECO Insurance Company of America, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, and correct statement of the Assets and Liabilities of said Corporation, as of'December 31, 2008, to the best of my knowledge and belief. IN VA MESS Vd)MMF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seat of said Corporation at Seattle, Washington, this 1st day of March, 2009. S•1262a 3W