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Council approves termination of Wood Hill Drive contractor and issues notice of award to backup bidder
Summary
Price City approved an addendum terminating the contract with BHansen Construction on the NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Wood Hill Drive project and approved a notice of award to the next bidder, Preco Rock and Contractor, as presented by staff.
Price City Council approved an addendum terminating the contract with BHansen Construction for the NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Wood Hill Drive project and authorized a notice of award to the next-ranked bidder, Preco Rock and Contractor.
City staff said the contractor encountered equipment and mobilization problems that made it unable to complete the work as designed, and the parties agreed to a mutual termination of the contract. Staff presented an addendum and termination agreement with BHansen Construction for the council's consideration and said the project had been underway for several weeks when the issues surfaced.
The council then considered a notice of award for the same NRCS-EWP Wood Hill Drive project to Preco Rock and Contractor, which staff said had been the second-place bidder in the original procurement process. During the discussion the staff read a figure into the record that was unclear in the audio; the clerk referenced a contract amount in the mid-hundreds of thousands of dollars (the packet referenced $414,600 in the meeting materials). Staff said legal counsel had been followed on the procurement steps and that the city would proceed with the replacement contractor on short notice to keep the project on schedule.
Council Member Jesperson moved to approve the addendum and termination agreement with BHansen Construction; Council Member Willis seconded and the motion carried by voice vote. For the notice of award to Preco Rock and Contractor, the motion was made and seconded by council members on the record and carried by voice vote.
Staff noted the project involves NRCS EWP funding and that the city's share and specific budget breakdown were in the procurement packet; those funding-detail figures were referenced but not read verbatim into the meeting transcript.
The council's approval allows staff to finalize termination paperwork and proceed with contracting Preco Rock and Contractor so work can continue under the newly authorized contractor.
