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Committee recommends low bid for Old State Road shared-use path, directs construction engineering agreement
Summary
Bids for the Old State Road shared-use path came in below the engineer's estimate; the committee recommended awarding construction to T Hill construction and contracting Cochran for construction engineering services. The committee also resolved a contract detail after state-level clarification about a disadvantaged-business (DBE) goal.
The Administration and Public Works Committee on Oct. 14 recommended awarding the Old State Road shared-use path construction contract to the low bidder, T Hill construction, and recommended Cochran for the project's construction engineering services. Committee members noted bids came in below the project estimate and approved a not-to-exceed construction amount plus a construction-engineering contract to meet federal requirements.
Public-works staff said there were four bidders and the low responsive bid was from T Hill construction. One second-low bidder was judged nonresponsive because its submission failed to update bid quantities after an issued addendum. Immediately after opening bids staff received notification that a federal or state DBE (disadvantaged-business-enterprise) requirement had been changed; staff worked with MoDOT and the consultant to confirm the project could proceed without the previously-assigned DBE percentage, allowing the city to consider the low responsive bid without rebidding.
The committee approved staff's recommendation to move forward with the construction award (including a 10% contingency for field changes) and to retain Cochran for construction inspection and testing. Both awards will be formalized through contract presentations to the council.
What happens next: staff will finalize contract documents and return to the full council with the recommended construction contract and the consulting construction-engineering agreement for final authorization. Projects using federal funds require separate construction-inspection and materials-testing agreements; Cochran was recommended based on prior municipal work and comparative cost.
