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Atoka board awards $139,091 sewer smoke‑testing contract amid questions on scope and budget

2172763 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

The board awarded a performance contract to smoke‑test and evaluate the sanitary sewer system for $139,091.78, paid from an infrastructure planning grant; aldermen raised questions about receiving a single bid, rebidding, and a planned stop‑point near the $120,000 set‑aside.

The Atoka board of mayor and aldermen on Jan. 21 approved a $139,091.78 contract to conduct smoke testing and sanitary‑sewer evaluation, awarding the work to Performance Contracting under the town’s infrastructure planning grant.

Public works and the town administrator told the board the project was advertised, a pre‑bid conference had three potential bidders, and only one final bid was received. The bid exceeds the $120,000 the town set aside in the grant. Public works…

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