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LaSalle council acknowledges low-bid mistake, conditionally awards $8.15 million water treatment contract to Grubwell
Summary
After a low bidder sought to withdraw its bid citing a material good-faith mistake, the LaSalle City Council acknowledged the withdrawal and voted to accept Grubwell Building Inc.'s $8,146,921.44 bid for the 2024 water treatment plant project, subject to IEPA SRF loan closing and contract execution.
The LaSalle City Council voted to acknowledge a low bidder’s request to withdraw and to accept the second-low bid for the city’s 2024 water treatment plant project.
During a multi-part discussion, council members and the city engineer described that the apparent low bidder (identified in the record with variant spellings) had submitted a request to withdraw “containing a material good faith mistake in its pricing.” Councilors voted first to acknowledge…
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