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Councilor queries procurement for six public towers; staff says towers classified as art and exempt from standard bid process
Summary
During a council work‑session Q&A staff said the six‑tower project was treated as a custom public art procurement and did not go to competitive bid; FM Constructors will serve as general contractor for construction and two bids were received for the site work.
Coppell — During the March 11 work session a council member asked how many bids had been received for a public‑tower project. Staff replied that the towers themselves were treated as custom art pieces and were exempt from the city’s standard bidding process, while the site work did go out to bid and received two bids.
Staff said FM Constructors will act as general contractor overseeing construction of the six towers, and quoted $1,300,000 for the towers portion. The site portion had…
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