The Richmond Sanitary District board on July 22 opened two bids for the wastewater treatment plant Lehi project and referred both proposals to district management for review and a recommendation at a later meeting.

District staff announced two responsive bids: one from Brom Bock Construction (Arcana, Ohio) with a total listed bid of $1,598,728, and a second from a Westfield, Indiana contractor identified in the transcript as Feynman (transcript pronunciation uncertain) with a total listed amount of $2,242,000. Staff noted bid bonds and scope breakdowns were included with each submission.

Board president asked whether anyone in the meeting wished to review the bids; no public requests were recorded. Staff said they will review the documents and present a recommendation to the board at a later meeting. In the project status update later in the meeting, staff said the district had just bid the Lehi project that morning and expected to make an award recommendation likely at the next meeting so the project could meet grant deadlines associated with the award.

There was no formal award or motion to accept either bid at the July 22 meeting; the board’s action was to receive the bids and refer them to management for evaluation and a subsequent recommendation.