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Authority awards Maple River benching contract to Comstock Construction for $358,400
Summary
The finance committee approved contracting actions including awarding the Maple River benching project (work package 41A) to Comstock Construction for a low bid of $358,400 and a task-order amendment for Cheyenne mitigation preliminary work.
On Sept. 24, 2025, the Diversion Authority Finance Committee approved contracting actions that included awarding work package 41A — the Maple River benching project upstream of the Maple River Aqueduct — to Comstock Construction Inc. for a low bid of $358,400. Paul Barthol, staff member, said staff rechecked the low bid and found calculations accurate; he noted Comstock had prior experience performing similar work for Buffalo Red (in Minnesota), which informed staff confidence despite the bid being well below the engineer’s estimate. Staff described differences in mobilization and site-cleanup line items in competing bids that accounted for price spread. The contracting actions package also included a scope and fee increase for Houston-Moore Group to begin preliminary design and permitting for the Cheyenne River mitigation; staff said that task-order amendment will be incorporated into the program budget adjustment discussed elsewhere on the agenda. The committee voted to approve the contracting actions; staff recommended awarding the Maple River benching contract to Comstock and proceeding with the consultant task order amendment.
