Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action on awarding IFB #24IFB63 Patriot Way Milling and Overlay to Asphalt, Inc. LLC dba Lone Star Paving Company in the amount of $631,662.22 and authorize execution of the agreement.

Williamson County sent out over 9,155 invitations to the solicitation, we had 50 document takers and received five (5) submissions from contractors.  The bids for the project have been reviewed and the apparent low bid, Asphalt Inc, LLC dba Lone Star Paving Company was found to be responsive, mathematically correct, and materially balanced.  This contractor has performed similar work on other projects and received positive references from those contacted. The contractor's low base bid is $233,617.78 below the engineer’s estimate, a cost decrease of 27%.  Based on the low bid of $631,662.22 and previous work experience, the staff recommends awarding to Asphalt, Inc. dba Lone Star Paving Company for this project. The funding source is 01.0200.0210.003599 and the point of contact is Terron Evertson.