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Colfax moves to Sourcewell procurement to try to close skate‑park funding gap
Summary
After bids came in higher than budgeted, Colfax City Council directed staff to reject two responsive bids and pursue Sourcewell cooperative procurement to negotiate with pre‑qualified skate‑park contractors, aiming to preserve the project without changing design plans.
Colfax City Council voted to pursue a Sourcewell cooperative procurement to try to close a funding gap on the proposed skate park after two competitive bids exceeded the city’s available budget.
City engineering staff told the council there are five possible next steps — find additional donor grants, rebid the project, reject the existing bids and pursue Sourcewell, negotiate directly with a Sourcewell contractor, or abandon the project. Carl Morris, the city engineer, recommended rejecting…
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