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Needham committee accepts low bid for library phase 1, will seek $2.386 million at town meeting
Summary
The Permanent Public Building Committee voted April 29 to accept Tower Construction Corp.'s low general‑contractor bid of $1,624,000 for phase 1 of the Needham Free Public Library renovation and to request $2,386,000 at the town's Annual Town Meeting.
The Permanent Public Building Committee voted April 29 to accept Tower Construction Corp.'s low general‑contractor bid of $1,624,000 for phase 1 of the Needham Free Public Library renovation and to request $2,386,000 at the town's Annual Town Meeting to complete project funding.
The bid came in well within the estimate range for the work, committee members said, and the project team told the committee the favorable bids would allow them to restore planned furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) and other programmatic items that had been at risk. "The low bidder was Tower Construction Corp at 1,624,000," the project presenter told the committee. He said the average of the nine bids received was about…
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