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Board conditionally awards $1.9M Elko High boiler contract amid debate over cooling priorities
Summary
The board conditionally awarded a roughly $1.93 million contract for Elko High School's boiler replacement after staff said the low bidder was Chester Plumbing & Heating; trustees questioned whether cooling upgrades should have been bundled but accepted staff's recommendation to prioritize heating reliability.
The Elko County School District board conditionally awarded the Elko High School boiler replacement contract to Chester Plumbing & Heating after receiving a low qualifying bid of about $1,925,547 and staff recommendations to prioritize heating upgrades over larger cooling projects.
Project manager Matt Stalke told the board the bid exceeded the original $1.6 million budget and that two bidders were close in price. Trustees pressed for clarification about…
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