Seelyville opens bids on four water-system jobs; the lowest range from about $355,000 to $3.8 million, with no contract awarded yet
Who it touches
- Seelyville water customers
- Main Street and Oakwood Harrison corridor
Tracked in the archive
The council met at 11 a.m. only to open and read out sealed contractor bids, which are then handed to HWC Engineering (the town's engineer) to check against the project requirements [t=193].
Division A, the water treatment facility, drew two bids, from Graves Construction Services at $707,070 and MSI Construction at $780,000 [t=218].
Division B, water tank rehabilitation, drew one bid of $1,173,679, and Division C, the water distribution work, drew bids from about $3,766,577 (B&T Drainage) to $6,083,040 (Mid-South Utility Group)
[t=284] [t=356].
Division D, work on Main Street and Oakwood Harrison, drew four bids from $354,961 (B&T Drainage) to $437,404 [t=492].
Staff had proposed this Sept.
30 bid opening at the council's Aug.
11 meeting [t=796].
Sources
- Bid-opening process explained, 3:130:03:13 (3 minutes 13 seconds)
- Division A bids, 3:380:03:38 (3 minutes 38 seconds)
- Division B bid, 4:440:04:44 (4 minutes 44 seconds)
- Division C bids, 5:560:05:56 (5 minutes 56 seconds)
- Division D bids, 8:120:08:12 (8 minutes 12 seconds)
- Award expected at first October meeting, 11:000:11:00 (11 minutes)
- Aug. 11: staff propose the Sept. 30 bid opening, 13:160:13:16 (13 minutes 16 seconds)
Outcome
No contract awarded; bids go to the town's engineer, HWC Engineering, for review.
No contract was awarded. Speakers said the bids would be reviewed and the matter would return to the council's first meeting in October to award; no date was stated. [t=660] The motion to close the bid meeting carried on a voice vote. [t=680]
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