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Council awards Veterans Park mini-pitch concrete contract to Mark Christman Trucking for $109,600
Summary
After staff said saturated ground required engineered work, the council awarded the Veterans Park mini-pitch concrete improvements contract to Mark Christman Trucking at $109,600, to be paid from ARPA funds.
The Scottsbluff City Council awarded the bid for concrete improvements to the Veterans Park mini-pitch to Mark Christman Trucking for $109,600.
Parks staff told the council that after demolition work they found saturated ground beneath the site and determined engineered concrete work and a contractor were required. "When Parks came up with this project, we had hoped that this was work that we were gonna be able to do ourselves. And, transportation did do the demolition, but when they did the demolition, the ground was just saturated underneath," a staff presenter said. The work was put out to bid and Christman was the low bid and within the engineer’s estimate, the presenter said. Staff said ARPA funds will cover the project.
Council members asked whether the wet ground presented an ongoing problem; staff said the saturation appears localized to the site and that the contractor’s work will include a structural base so the concrete will last. The presenter said the contractor previously did concrete work at the Eighteenth Street Plaza and has a record of satisfactory work.
Council approved the bid award by motion and roll call.
Why it matters: The award funds construction of a mini-pitch at Veterans Park and uses ARPA funds; staff flagged subsurface conditions as the reason the city contracted the work rather than performing it in-house.
