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Council awards $1.0 million single‑bid contract to drill Source 6 production well amid requirement to perfect water rights
Summary
The council awarded contract PW2024‑01 to Holt Services Inc. for $1,001,122.20 to drill a production well needed to perfect Source 6 water rights by 2030. Staff said only one qualified cable‑tool driller bid; council members expressed concern about having a single bidder but voted to proceed because of timing urgency.
LACEY, Wash. — The Lacey City Council voted unanimously to award a contract for a production well at the recently purchased Source 6 parcel after staff said only one qualified bid was received.
Utility engineer Gagan Braar said staff recommends awarding PW2024‑01 — Source 6 water rights production well — to Holt Services Inc., the low and only bidder, at $1,001,122.20. "The low bid came out to be $1,001,122.20. The engineer's estimate was $864,929.65," Braar told the council.
Why it matters: The well is intended to perfect water rights…
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