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Commission rejects wastewater-treatment bids after engineers report $6 million shortfall
Summary
Engineers told the commission that lowest responsive bids for the Wastewater Treatment Plant extension exceeded available funding by roughly $6 million; the commission voted unanimously to reject the bids and directed staff to pursue additional funding or reduce project scope.
The Rio Grande City Commission voted unanimously to reject all bids for the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Extension, TWDB project 73874, after engineers said the lowest responsive bids were several million dollars over the city's available funding.
Melvin & Hunt engineers told the commission they opened two responsive bids; the lowest was roughly $12.6 million and a second bid about $14.5 million, while the city's current funding package covered roughly $6.5 million. The engineers said the scope could be pared back by about 25 percent, bringing cost estimates closer to $9.4 million, but that would still leave a shortfall of approximately $2.9 million.
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