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City hears plan to use Indiana 'build‑operate‑transfer' procurement for large water/wastewater project
Summary
City engineers and consultants told the council that the Fokagen project — a large, IFA‑funded water and wastewater package — came in well over the engineer’s estimate and that using Indiana Code 5‑23‑3 (a build‑operate‑transfer model) could help secure a single contractor and manage scope within the IFA funding cap.
City engineers and the project design team updated the Angola Common Council on March 17 about procurement alternatives for a large water and wastewater project funded through the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA). The team recommended using the Indiana build‑operate‑transfer (BOT) procurement method to assemble a single contractor and jointly scope the project to match the available funding.
Aaron Hutton, with Westler Engineering and part of the design team for the wastewater portion of the project, told the council that the project’s bids arrived “over the engineer’s estimate” and that the design team and agency partners have explored dividing the work into multiple bid packages but found that approach “a lot of coordination and…
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