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PUC says low bid received for New Irvington Tunnel; authorizes request for Board hearing on property acquisition
Summary
Staff reported a low apparent bid of $226.7 million for the New Irvington Tunnel, below the $253 million engineering estimate; the commission authorized staff to request a Board of Supervisors hearing on a resolution of necessity for acquiring remaining property rights.
Julie Labonte, director of the Water System Improvement Program, told commissioners that the PUC received four bids for the New Irvington Tunnel and that the apparent low bid — from the Southland Contracting/Tutor Perini joint venture — was $226,700,000, roughly 10% below the engineering estimate of $253,000,000 and about $50 million lower than the next-lowest bid. Labonte said Barnard Construction has filed a protest; staff are reviewing that…
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