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Commission opens bids for sidewalk TAP grant, fiber services and door access; sidewalk bids range roughly $748,775–$1,019,076
Summary
The county opened several public bids: multiple contractors submitted bids for a West County TAP sidewalk project, bids for county internet/fiber services were received from Circle (formerly Big River) and Spectrum, and a single bid for a door access system came in around $36,000.
St. Francois County publicly opened bids on multiple procurement items, including a West County TAP sidewalk grant project, county internet/fiber service, and a door access system for county buildings.
Sidewalk project (West County TAP grant): County staff opened multiple bids for the TAP sidewalk project in public session. Reported reported bid amounts included: Gopher's Paving $999,678.40; a UDT vendor $1,088,912 (reported format in transcript); Times/Kimes Contracting $1,019,075.50; Fraunaburger (reported as Fraunaburger/Fraunabarger) $993,397; CE Contracting $748,775; and Hesseling $996,517.56 (reported as final opened bid). Staff said unit prices and detailed line items could not be published at that time because of grant rules, but total bid amounts were read aloud for the record; the county will follow the normal three‑day period before sending bids to MoDOT for award consideration.
Fiber services (internet): Two proposals were opened for multi‑year internet service: Circle (the former Big River) and Spectrum. Staff said Circle’s proposal included multiple pricing options by term (one-, three- and five-year) and location; Spectrum also submitted a proposal. No contract award was made at the meeting; staff said the county’s current contract was on a month‑to‑month basis until a decision is made.
Door access systems: One bid was opened for door access equipment and controllers, with a total bid reported around $36,000 from a vendor listed as Roberts/door access systems. The bid included specifications for controllers and electronic hardware across county facilities (annex building, courthouse and Weber Road locations) and a door count breakdown was read into the record (annex 15 doors, courthouse 13 doors, Weber Road 12 doors).
Ending: The county will review bids per grant and procurement rules, allow the statutory bid review period, and then submit the sidewalk bids to MoDOT for award and proceed with further evaluation on fiber and door access proposals.
