Waterloo staff open bids for airport boarding bridge, South Hills golf building and Park Avenue contract

Waterloo staff opened and read bids for three public-works contracts, recording bidder names, bid amounts, addenda acknowledgments and required 5% bid security for each submission.

The first contract, listed as Park Avenue Bridal marker contract number 1121, drew three bids. Boulder Contracting LLC of Grundy Center submitted $259,500; Peterson Contracting Incorporated of Rhinebeck submitted $353,725; and KB Cook General Contractors Incorporated submitted $141,000. All three bidders provided 5% bid security as required.

The second contract covers work at the Waterloo Regional Airport to replace a passenger boarding bridge, construct a fixed walkway and remark the terminal apron. Two bids were recorded. Matthew Crandall Builders Chicago Corporation (transcript reference listed Elk Grove/Elk Grove Village, Ill.) submitted a base bid of $2,179,865.85 plus an add alternate of $9,241.40, for a reported total of $2,189,107.25. GEMS Technical Services Incorporated submitted a base bid plus alternate totaling $1,917,228; the bid form included a 5% bid security and an acknowledgment of one or more addenda.

The third contract was for a South Hills Golf Club maintenance building; the engineer's estimate on that project was listed as $205,000. Five firms submitted bids: Robeson Construction Incorporated (location on forms varies between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids) bid $241,041 and provided a certificate of liability insurance and 5% bid security; Cardinal Construction of Waterloo submitted $374,000 (with alternates of roughly $13,500 and $600 and addenda dated April 17, 2025 and April 22, 2025 acknowledged); Don Gardner Construction of Waterloo submitted $292,860 (alternate 1 add $16,963; alternate 2 add $2,325; addenda noted); MAT (Mott) Construction Incorporated of Sumner submitted $224,800 (alternate 1 add $5,600; alternate 2 add/ deduct $558; addenda noted); and NB Cook General Contractors of Cedar Falls submitted $305,000 (alternates add $13,000 and $2,000; addenda dated April 17, 2024 and April 22, 2024 were listed on the form). All South Hills bidders provided the required 5% bid security except where the form instead referenced a certificate of liability insurance, as noted above.

The bid opening consisted of staff reading each bidder's name, location as printed on the bid forms, base bid, alternate amounts when applicable, notation of 5% bid security or insurance certificate, and addendum acknowledgments. One South Hills bid form included a substantial-completion date of Dec. 1, 2025. No contract award or formal action was taken at the opening; bids were recorded for later review.

No public comment, motions or votes were recorded in the transcript for these items; the record ends with staff thanking bidders and closing the bid reading.