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West Chester rejects bids for Gay Street closure project after equipment price surge; engineer to explore alternatives
Summary
Council members voted to reject all bids for the Gay Street closure infrastructure project after three bids arrived far above the borough's $973,000 budgeted amount, the council was told.
Council members voted to reject all bids for the Gay Street closure infrastructure project after three bids arrived far above the borough's $973,000 budgeted amount, the council was told.
Council members and staff said the bids returned at about $1.4 million to $1.5 million, driven primarily by a sharp price increase from the supplier of a proprietary system identified in the bid documents as the Matador system, which is manufactured in the United Kingdom. "The bids came in, much higher than our budgeted money of 973,000. They…
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