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County rejects single high bid for 2025 highway striping; plans to use MnDOT or rebid in 2026
Summary
Nicollet County rejected a single $461,367.53 bid for the 2025 highway striping project after it exceeded the engineer's estimate by about $145,400. Public Works will use a MnDOT agreement to stripe seal-coated roads this year and plans to combine funds and rebid more work in early 2026.
Nicollet County public works asked the board to reject the only bid received for the 2025 highway striping project after the single bid came in substantially above the county’s engineer’s estimate.
Bids opened July 7; the county received one bid from Sir Lines-A-Lot for $461,367.53. Public works reported the engineer’s estimate was $315,967.07, making the single bid about $145,400 higher than anticipated. The county noted that Minnesota currently has very limited striping contractors; one…
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