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Council rejects aquatic center reroof bids after contractor questions specifications; staff directed to rebid
Summary
After a 50-minute discussion that included a local contractor’s alternative proposal, the City Council voted to reject all bids for the aquatic center roof, direct staff to rewrite the specifications and readvertise the project.
The City Council voted to reject all bids for the aquatic center reroof project and directed staff to revise the specifications and rebid, after a contractor told the council his firm’s alternative 20-year, spray-applied roofing system and lower price were not captured by the current solicitation.
Tyler, a contractor who identified himself during the meeting and said his company is based in Wyoming, told the council his bid proposed a 60-mil, monolithic, spray-applied system that would salvage the sound portions of the existing roof and that his price was “a hundred thousand less than Capital Roofing” while including biannual inspections and a 20-year system. “No seams, no…
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