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Board awards $179,000 contract to renovate Thomas Jefferson Middle School bathrooms
Summary
The Lodi Board of Education approved a $179,000 contract to renovate bathrooms at Thomas Jefferson Middle School; the project is described as a complete gut and is scheduled to begin after the school year and be ready for the next school year.
The Lodi Board of Education voted Dec. 18, 2024, to award a contract to Scopi LLC to renovate the bathrooms at Thomas Jefferson Middle School for $179,000, a figure the administration said is $35,500 below the board’s budgeted amount for the project.
The award was part of a finance consent block (FB1–FB10). Board discussion traced the project’s history: the job was first bid in June 2024, when a sole bid of $248,581 was received and rejected. The district rebid the work; three bidders responded. Administration recommended Scopi LLC as the low, responsive bidder, with Northeast Construction and Arista Builders submitting higher bids.
According to administration, the work is an "absolute complete gut" of the bathrooms at the middle school, with the existing walls to…
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