Public Works Director Marty Martin told the council that F.S. Scarborough LLC submitted the low bid to build the City of Sandy Springs portion of PATH 400 segment 2 and that staff recommended awarding the contract to the firm. The project is part of an overall 5.2-mile Path 400 system adjacent to State Route 400; the Atlanta Regional Commission provided funding to advance this segment.

During the presentation Martin noted that eight bids were received and that the low bid was $15,758,413 compared with the engineer’s estimate of $19,587,650. He recommended awarding to F.S. Scarborough based on staff evaluation and the contractor’s performance on other segments. Martin said the award recommendation will be submitted to the Georgia Department of Transportation for a construction agreement and that GDOT processing historically takes roughly six months before a notice to proceed is issued.

The transcript also includes an inconsistent numeric statement about the award amount (the presenter referenced an award amount string that appears garbled in the record). Because the transcript contains conflicting figures, this account reports the low bid of $15,758,413 (as stated during the bid comparison) and notes the council approved the award; the record of the precise contract-signature amount in the transcript is ambiguous and will be verified by city staff and posted contract records.

Councilmembers thanked staff and the Atlanta Regional Commission and voted to approve the award. Council discussion covered contract timing and whether Scarborough would be mobilized while other segments remain under construction; staff advised the contract durations were bid for roughly three years and that activity on multiple segments is expected.

Next steps: if the council authorization is submitted to GDOT and GDOT executes a construction agreement, the city anticipates a multi-month period before mobilization and notice to proceed.