Atascosa County accepts multiple 2025 road-material bids, rejects pit‑run base; court urged to separate hauling and materials

Atascosa County Commissioners Court on Jan. 6 accepted multiple vendor bids for 2025 road materials and formally recorded no award for pit‑run base after the only submission failed to meet specifications.

County Auditor Tracy Barrera presented the item on material bids that had been tabled at the Dec. 30, 2024 meeting. A committee composed of Commissioner Riley and Commissioner Pavelic reviewed the packets and identified several compliant bids across categories; staff noted some bids were noncompliant and several vendors included hauling information in material fields, which created inconsistencies in the submission forms.

A staff member identified in the record as Miss Burrow explained procedural issues and noncompliant submissions: “So the packets I just gave you, we'll go through those 1 at a time, because if there is an issue, base but they did not bid for pit run base. They marked it out and wrote in recycled concrete. Therefore, that is going to be rejected, because it did not comply with our requirements.” Court members discussed the difference between material price at the vendor yard and the county’s hauling costs and the…