00012320 Intent To Award.xlsx

This is an Intent to Award notice issued by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for ITB No. S-73000-00012320, the US 395C Crack Seal Project. The bid closed on January 21, 2025, at 11:00 AM, and ODOT intends to award the contract to Klein Bros LLC. The project involves crack sealing work on 12.81 miles of roadway, with ODOT providing the crack seal material while the contractor is responsible for labor, equipment, mobilization, machinery, and traffic control. The work locations are on US 395C from Milepost 49.1 to 61.6 and from milepost 67.3 to 67.61 in Hood River County. Aggrieved bidders have 5 calendar days from January 21, 2025, to protest the intent to award.

Nine contractors submitted bids for this project, with prices ranging from $49,499.89 to $171,654.00. Klein Bros LLC submitted the lowest bid at $49,499.89 ($3,864.16 per mile), followed by BCV Inc at $68,533.50, and Commsurf Pro at $69,174.00. The highest bid came from O'Malley Brothers Corporation at $171,654.00. The significant price variation between the lowest and highest bids represents a difference of more than $122,000 for the same scope of work.