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Bond team reports progress on medical-examiner CMAR, park projects and animal-shelter design
Summary
County bond managers told Commissioners Court the Office of the Medical Examiner CMAR solicitation is underway, Escarate Park and other park projects are advancing into design and procurement, and the animal-shelter design contract is in negotiation; staff highlighted new procurement approaches.
El Paso County's bond performance team briefed Commissioners Court on Aug. 21 with updates across multiple voter-approved capital-improvement projects, saying several procurements are moving and new contracting approaches are being used to shorten schedules and consider factors beyond lowest bid.
The presentation covered a wide portfolio: a construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) procurement for the new Office of the Medical Examiner, a competitive sealed-proposal procurement for the Escarate Park administrative building, emerging design contracts for Gallegos Park and the county animal shelter, plus updates on parks and trail projects countywide.
Why it matters: commissioners said timely execution of bond projects will preserve public trust and deliver visible results after…
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