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County staff ask to negotiate transfer-station contract after single bid
Summary
Columbia County staff told commissioners they received only one proposal for the St. Helens transfer station and asked to skip the scored evaluation and begin negotiations with that proposer because the bid showed a substantial price increase.
Columbia County staff told the board of commissioners on Feb. 11 that only a single proposal had been received for the county transfer station in St. Helens and asked permission to enter direct negotiations rather than run the planned scored evaluation.
Mike Russell said the request-for-proposals process was advertised Dec. 10 and proposals were due Jan. 13, 2026. "We only received 1 proposal," he said, naming the proposer in the presentation as Waste…
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