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Council rejects police station construction bids, shifts to building evaluations and requests HUD guidance
Summary
After bids for a new public safety building exceeded the city—9s budget, the Caribou City Council voted to reject all bids and directed staff to pursue evaluation of existing building refurbishment and to request HUD approval to change the scope of previously awarded CPF funding.
The Caribou City Council on Sept. 15 unanimously rejected all construction bids received June 18 for a proposed new public safety building after the bids and subsequent value-engineering recommendations remained above the city—9s target budget. The council accepted a recommendation from the Public Safety Building Committee to explore refurbishment of existing buildings instead of new construction.
Committee materials reviewed at the meeting said all bids exceeded the desired budget even after value-engineering input from the low bidder, Lane Casey Contractors of Augusta, Maine. The committee reported…
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