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Commissioners award county generator project to McCafferty pending legal review

Walker County Commissioners Court · January 13, 2026

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Summary

After debating bid splits and grant restrictions, Walker County moved to award its multi‑site diesel generator contract to Rob McCafferty pending district attorney approval, with a fallback split award if legal review requires it.

The Commissioners Court considered solicitation 30‑26‑012 for diesel generators at multiple county locations and reviewed the bid tabulation on Jan. 12.

Procurement staff recommended awarding per the lowest responsive bids per location, naming McCafferty as lowest for several locations and Ready Power as lowest at others. Commissioners discussed grant language, local vendor responsiveness and the small dollar differences between bids.

"My motion would be and my motion is gonna be to award the entire generator project to Rob McCafferty for 07/20/6365 pending review and approval by our district attorney's office," Speaker 10 said. The motion included a contingency that, if legal review found an issue with awarding the whole project to one vendor, the court would award locations 1 and 3 to McCafferty and 2 and 4 to Ready Power. The motion was seconded and the court carried it.

Commissioners also directed staff to verify grant conditions and noted that using a local vendor may ease future service and quicker on‑site response. The court indicated the cost difference between awarding all locations to one vendor versus splitting awards was small (discussants cited roughly a 2% or about $13,000 difference across the project).