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Hays City awards $292,650 bid for stormwater equipment building at Public Works
Summary
The commission approved awarding a $292,650 construction bid to QMC Inc. for a stormwater division equipment building at the Public Works yard, to be paid from stormwater reserves; the project came in under the $300,000 budgeted for 2025.
The Hays City Commission unanimously approved awarding the construction contract for a stormwater-division equipment building to QMC Inc. for $292,650 and authorized the use of stormwater-reserve funds to pay for the work.
“Four qualified bids were received…with a low bid coming from QMC Incorporated,” Jesse Rohrer, Director of Public Works, told commissioners. The project site is at the east side of the Public Works yard and the building will provide indoor storage for trucks and equipment used by the stormwater division.
Rohrer described the proposed structure as having four 14-by-14 overhead doors and one walk-in door, an interior concrete floor included in the contract, and a concrete apron to be poured by city staff. The building will be heated and will include a center trench drain that discharges to an outside holding tank; it will have no direct plumbing tied into the sanitary sewer. “The only thing that'll be in there, semi plumbing related, is a trench drain that's going down the center and it'll go to an outside holding tank that'll be pumped occasionally,” Rohrer said.
The low bid of $292,650 fell under the $300,000 budgeted for the building in the 2025 budget, Rohrer said. Commissioner Barrick moved to award the bid to QMC Inc.; Commissioner Cunningham seconded the motion. The commission approved the award by a 5-0 vote.
City staff said the concrete apron outside the building will be constructed by city crews after the building is installed, and that heating is important to keep expensive trucks and equipment operational through winter.
