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Council approves switching cable purchase after low bidder retracts; city to explore recourse
Summary
After the low bidder asked to cancel a purchase order for underground cable, the Ames City Council approved accepting the cancellation and awarding the contract to the next-lowest responsible bidder. City legal staff will investigate potential remedies for the initial bidder’s withdrawal.
The Ames City Council approved staff’s recommendation to accept a request from the lowest bidder to cancel a recently approved purchase order for electrical cable and to award the purchase to the next-lowest responsible bidder.
Staff explained that the low bid appeared abnormally low — roughly half the price an earlier purchase of…
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