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Columbia County opens annual aggregate bids; Rock Hill and KRG quoted and board authorized tentative awards pending vetting
Summary
Public works opened bids for aggregate rock for the year; Rock Hill and KRG submitted price schedules for multiple rock products. Commissioners authorized staff to issue notices of award after bidder-responsibility checks.
Columbia County public works opened the county's annual bids for aggregate rock and related products and presented the prices to the Board of Commissioners.
Two bidders were discussed in detail. Rock Hill submitted unit prices including $13.15 per ton for top course/base/maintenance rock and $9.47 per ton for pit-run material. KRG (bidder listed as KRG in the bid packet) offered winter sand at $21.50 per ton, 3-inch chip-seal rock at $23.50 per ton, and pit run at $6.51 per ton, among other line items.
Public works staff asked the board to note the bids on the record and authorized staff to award contracts to the apparent low bidders if they meet bidder-responsibility criteria. Commissioners asked to have the price pages routed to the clerk and agreed to the recommendation; staff said they would vet bidder responsibility and then send notices of award and contracts to the successful vendors.
The board recorded the opening and agreed the procurement results should be filed with the meeting minutes. No final contract signatures were recorded at the meeting; awards were contingent on standard responsibility and documentation checks.
Public works said the annual price contracts allow the county to purchase rock from the nearest appropriate pit depending on the project location and need, rather than obligating a single supplier for all deliveries.
