Oswego public-works project comes in under budget; board asks for cost estimate to enclose 30-foot breezeway

Frederick Quinn Corporation president Jack Hayes told the Village Committee that the public-works facility project attracted unusually strong contractor interest and that the bids came in under the board-approved construction budget, producing a favorable pricing outcome for the village.

Hayes said the team invited about 375 trade contractors and received 128 bids across 30 trade packages, then reviewed scope and responsiveness with Williams Architects and Public Works staff. "We went out and personally invited 375 different trade contractors to come bid on the job," Hayes said, and added that scope review meetings identified several bid errors so the team could determine the low responsive, responsible bidders.

The base bid plus selected alternates produced a construction figure Hayes presented as $24,395,180. He told trustees the bid day result was approximately $850,000 below the team's prior construction estimate; owner soft costs are roughly $3,000,000,…