OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION
Resolution Awarding a Contract to Furnish and Apply
Retro-Reflective Pavement Markings on the Ohio Turnpike’s
Mainline Roadway and Interchange Ramps
WHEREAS, the Commission duly advertised according to law for bids under Invitation
No. 4131 for furnishing and applying retro-reflective pavement markings on the Ohio Turnpike’s
mainline roadway and interchange ramps located in Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Ottawa,
Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, Ohio
(Milepost 0.0 to Milepost 241.2); and
WHEREAS, expenditures for the Contract to be awarded will exceed $150,000.00, and,
therefore, in accordance with Article V, Section 1.00 of the Commission’s Code of Bylaws,
Commission action is necessary for the award of said Contract; and
WHEREAS , on March 3, 2010, the Commission received bids from five (5) bidders in
response to said Invitation; and
WHEREAS, said bids were reviewed and analyzed by the Commission’s Maintenance
Engineer, whose report concerning said analysis is before the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Maintenance Engineer reports that the lowest responsive and
responsible bid for the performance of the work under Invitation No. 4131 was submitted by
Aero-Mark, Inc. of Streetsboro, Ohio in the total amount of $754,457.00 , which bid is below
the Commission’s estimated expenditure for this Contract, and which bid he recommends be
accepted by the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has also been advised by the Director of Contracts
Administration that bids for Invitation No. 4131 were solicited on the basis of the same terms
and conditions and the same specifications, that the bid of Aero-Mark, Inc. for Invitation No.
4131 conforms to the requirements of Ohio Revised Code Sections 5537.07, Section 9.312 and
Section 153.54, and that a bid guaranty and performance bond of good and sufficient surety has
been submitted by Aero-Mark, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the Commission’s Executive Director has reviewed the reports of the
Maintenance Engineer and the Director of Contracts Administration and, predicated upon such
analysis, has made his recommendation to the Commission that the Contract for Invitation No.
4131 be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Aero-Mark, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has duly considered such recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the bid of Aero-Mark, Inc. of Streetsboro, Ohio, in the total amount
of $754,457.00 under Invitation No. 4131 is, and is by the Commission, determined to be the
lowest responsive and responsible bid received for the performance of said Contract, and is
accepted, and that the Executive Director and Director of Contracts Administration, or either of
them, hereby is authorized to: 1) execute a Contract with the successful bidder in the form
heretofore prescribed by the Commission pursuant to the aforesaid bid; 2) direct the return to the
bidders of their bid security, when appropriate; and 3) take any and all action necessary or
proper to carry out the terms of said Contract.
(Resolution No. 8-2010 adopted March 22, 2010)