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Committee recommends $5.815 million Whitaker contract for Well No. 13 water treatment plant
Summary
City staff told the committee bids for Well No. 13 ranged from about $5.8M to $6.7M—well above the 2022 estimate—citing inflation, a larger building and $900,000 in specialized equipment; the committee recommended rejecting bids, waiving competitive bidding and entering a contract with Whitaker Construction for $5,815,000.
On May 12, 2025 the Warrenville Public Works & Infrastructure Committee voted to recommend that the City Council reject all bids for the Well Number 13 Water Treatment Plant and waive competitive bidding to enter a contract with Whitaker Construction & Excavating Inc. for $5,815,000.
Director Phil Kuchler told the committee the city opened four bids on March 27 that ranged roughly from $5.8 million to $6.7 million, compared with an original 2022 engineer’s estimate of $2,569,000 and an updated estimate of $4,750,000. Kuchler and the project team attributed the roughly $3.2 million gap to…
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