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Landfill closure bids exceed estimates; Charlton to add contingency to bid award
Summary
Bids for the town’s previously authorized landfill closure came in higher than estimated; the town plans to add about $500,000 in contingency to the project budget to award the contract and cover required engineering and testing costs.
Town officials told the meeting that bids for a landfill closure project the town previously authorized arrived higher than anticipated and that staff plan to add contingency funding to complete the work and award a contract.
Presenters said the lowest two bids are under review and the town is prepared to proceed with the third-lowest responsive bidder if the first two are rejected; that third bid was roughly $2.1 million. A consultant’s revised project budget included a 10% contingency and an 8% allowance for engineering; town staff proposed adding about $500,000 into the project budget to cover contingencies and ensure a contract award could proceed without delay.
The discussion referenced prior budgeted amounts for PFAS testing and that the project budget reflects required closure work. Town staff said the $500,000 supplement was new information since the previous meeting and was prompted by the bids that arrived the prior week.
No separate roll-call vote on the landfill award appeared in the meeting transcript. The landfill contingency and other capital items were included as line items in the capital-improvement plan the committee advanced into the warrant.
