OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION
Resolution Awarding a Contract for the Furnishing and Installation of Truck Stop Electrification Units
WHEREAS, the Commission is currently engaged in the reconstruction of the Indian Meadow/Tiffin
River Service Plazas, and desires to integrate several “green” initiatives during said reconstruction project,
including a Pilot Project at the Indian Meadow Service Plaza under which twenty-two truck stop electrification
units will be installed in the truck parking area
;
and
WHEREAS, the “electrified” parking area that will be created under the Pilot Project will allow truckers
to stop and rest comfortably without having to idle their engines, thereby reducing engine wear and tear,
conserving fuel and reducing diesel emissions; and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2010, the Commission issued its Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the
Furnishing and Installation of Truck Stop Electrification Units at the Indian Meadow Service Plaza with the
possibility of additional future installations depending on the success of the initial Pilot Project; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2010, proposals were submitted by two (2) firms; and
WHEREAS, an Evaluation Team comprised of the Assistant Chief Engineer, Staff Design Engineer and
the Staff Construction Engineer conducted a technical review of the proposals and ranked the proposal
submitted by
Craufurd Manufacturing, LLC
of
Belchertown, Massachusetts
for its
“AireDock”
electrification units, as the best technical proposal; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the technical evaluation, price proposals were then unsealed and
evaluated, and the lowest price proposal in the amount of
$332,990.00
was submitted by Craufurd
Manufacturing, thereby causing that company’s proposal to receive the best overall score; and
WHEREAS, expenditures by the Commission under the Contract to be awarded to Craufurd
Manufacturing will exceed $150,000.00, and, therefore, in accordance with Article V, Section 1.00 of the
Commission's Code of Bylaws, the Commission must authorize the Executive Director to enter into the
Contract; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has been advised by the Director of Contracts Administration that: 1) all
legal requirements with respect to the RFP have been performed and that the aforesaid proposals were solicited
on the basis of the same terms, conditions and specifications with respect to all respondents and potential
respondents, 2) due and full consideration has been given to the Proposals received, the respondents’
qualifications and their abilities to perform the required services, and 3) Craufurd Manufacturing has provided a
proposal bond of good and sufficient surety, and has demonstrated its ability to provide the requisite
performance bond or letter of credit insuring performance as well as the levels of insurance coverage required
under the RFP; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director has reviewed the reports of the Evaluation Team and the Director of
Contracts Administration and, predicated upon their analysis, concurs with their recommendation that a
Contract for the Furnishing and Installation of Truck Stop Electrification Units be awarded to Craufurd
Manufacturing of Belchertown, Massachusetts; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has duly considered such recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the proposal submitted by
Craufurd Manufacturing, LLC
of
Belchertown,
Massachusetts
is, and is by the Commission determined to be, the best of all proposals received in response to
the Commission’s RFP for Furnishing and Installation of Truck Stop Electrification Units and is accepted, and
the Executive Director and Director of Contracts Administration hereby are authorized to: 1) execute a Contract
with Craufurd Manufacturing in the form heretofore prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the aforesaid
RFP, 2) direct the return of the proposal guaranty provided by all RFP respondents as soon as said Contract
with Craufurd Manufacturing
is executed, and 3) to take any and all action necessary or proper to carry out the
terms of said RFP and said Contract.
(Resolution No. 32-2010 adopted August 16, 2010)