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Board approves $1.59 million budget for Ogden High baseball field renovation
Summary
The Ogden School District board unanimously approved funding for a renovation of the Ogden High baseball field, awarding the construction contract to R and O Construction with a hard bid of $1,423,047 and a total project budget of $1,589,947 including soft costs and contingency.
The Ogden School District Board of Education voted to approve funding for the Ogden High (Ogden Heights) baseball field renovation, awarding the construction work to R and O Construction.
The district selected R and O after a competitive request-for-proposals process. Ken Crawford, a district staff member who presented the project, told the board the contractor’s “hard bid” totaled $1,423,047. Crawford said additional “soft costs” (architect, surveys, geotechnical work, utility work, etc.) plus an owner-held contingency of $50,000 brought the proposed total project budget to $1,589,947. Crawford said the district’s intent is to begin construction on Aug. 1 to avoid conflicts with summer tournaments the school hosts.
The work will replace the dugouts, update the backstops and fencing, install new sprinkler lines and drainage to address soggy areas in left field, add batting cages and a bullpen, relocate the discus ring to a safer location behind left field, and include installation of a softball scoreboard already purchased by the district. Crawford described the dugouts as “completely replacing the dugouts” and said the infield had been completed last year. He also said the project will add storage built into the ends of the new dugouts that should free up space currently used in the bottom of the press box.
Board members asked about the RFP scoring process and how cost weighing was treated relative to technical evaluation. Crawford explained the procurement approach included a technical evaluation (70 points) and a cost proposal (30 points) and noted that Utah RFP practice requires cost weighting to be between 30% and 50% when cost is included in an evaluation. Crawford and other board members also emphasized the importance of choosing a contractor with a strong track record on similar school projects; board members noted R and O’s previous work for the district, including Hillcrest and other projects.
A motion “to approve the funding as requested for the Ogden High baseball field renovation” was made and seconded; the board voted in favor. The motion passed; no opposed votes were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The contractor’s winning technical-and-cost proposal was the $1,423,047 bid from R and O Construction, with the full project budget proposed at $1,589,947 to include soft costs and a $50,000 owner contingency. If the board’s approval is implemented, the district planned a preconstruction meeting and submittal process so construction crews would be on site and ready to begin physical work on or about Aug. 1.
The board’s action authorizes the project budget and the district to move forward with contractor and preconstruction steps. The agenda presentation included construction drawings and a scoring summary; board members requested the drawings be circulated to trustees who wanted more detail.
Details not specified in the meeting record included a final construction schedule beyond the planned Aug. 1 start, the exact breakdown of soft-cost line items, and any required permits or utility coordination timelines.
