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Commissioners postpone CCMG chip-and-seal award after questions about contractor prequalification certificates
Summary
County counsel and highway staff found that several 2025 chip-and-seal bids lacked current INDOT prequalification certificates matching bid amounts; commissioners deferred award and will revisit the matter April 21 after legal review.
Decatur County commissioners postponed action on the 2025 CCMG (county highway chip-and-seal) procurement after county counsel and highway staff flagged issues with bidders’ INDOT prequalification certificates.
Lede: At the April 7 meeting, highway staff reported that three of the bids submitted for the CCMG chip-and-seal package had either prequalification certificates that were superseded, did not cover the dollar amount bid, or otherwise did not meet the county’s bid responsiveness requirements. County counsel advised the board that the applicable INDOT/public-works statutes require bidders to be prequalified for projects of a certain size and that awarding a contract to a bidder who is not properly prequalified could create an unlawful award.
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