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Beals Road bridge: clerical bid error prompts council to raise article cap to $3M; town says federal funds cover cost
Summary
Public works director told the council a clerical error in the apparent low bid for the Beals Road bridge may force the town to use the second‑lowest bidder; council moved the amended article with a $3,000,000 cap to the deliberative session and recommended it unanimously.
The Bedford Town Council on Jan. 22 heard a late‑breaking procurement update for the Beals Road bridge replacement: the apparent low bidder submitted a clerical error in the unit‑price section of the bid packet, and federal funding rules may require the town to award to the next lowest qualified bidder.
Public Works Director Jeff Foote told the council that the error involved a unit price entered as…
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