Road and Bridge staff raise concerns about low bidder performance on bridge-match projects

Sep 17, 2025

Supervisors heard that bids for a multi-county bridge-match project came in under engineer estimates but raised concerns about a low bidder's past performance and potential schedule delays and liquidated damages.

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Road and Bridge staff reported on Round 7 of a bridge-match program in which Gage County partnered with Saline County for multiple structures west of Beatrice. Bids for four structures were opened in Saline County; staff said the low combined bid was about $860,000 while the highest approached $1.1 million.

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