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Sampson County tentatively awards Ivanhoe water contract, contingent on state approval and easements
Summary
The county board voted to tentatively award the Ivanhoe Water System construction contract to the apparent low, responsive bidder and recommended adding the remaining construction variance to contingency, pending DWI approval and a final permanent easement.
Sampson County officials voted to tentatively award the construction contract for the Ivanhoe Water System to the apparent low, responsive bidder, pending approval from DWI and the county obtaining one final permanent utility easement.
County staff told the Board that two bids were received for the Ivanhoe Water System; state “general statutes” required three bids to open the original solicitation, so the county re-advertised and opened the two bids on Oct. 17. Staff said the base bid alone would exceed the project budget but that combining the base bid with Alternate 1 — swapping C900 PVC pipe for SDR-21 PVC — would place the project within the available construction funding.
The county reported available construction funding of $10,766,000 and said the combined base bid plus Alternate 1 totaled…
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