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Committee recommends award for M Street outfall replacement to apparent low bidder
Summary
Staff reported 10 bids for Improvement 2408 (M Street outfall replacement); the low bid was Shredder Excavating at $116,141, roughly $38,000 under estimate. The committee approved the staff recommendation to award the contract after discussing bid mobilization differences.
City engineer Jesse Dean told the Safety & Public Works committee that 10 contractors bid on Improvement 2408, the M Street outfall replacement, and the low bid came from Shredder Excavating at $116,141, about $38,000 below the engineer’s estimate. Per the WSB letter, staff recommended accepting the apparent low bid and awarding the contract to the successful bidder.
Councilman Chesak asked why the low bid diverged from the others; Dean said the primary variance was a particularly low mobilization line item in the low bid, a pattern seen with local contractors that face shorter haul distances. Dean estimated the low bid’s mobilization was roughly $10,000 compared with other bidders who had $40,000–$50,000 higher mobilization amounts.
After brief discussion, a motion to approve the recommended bid award was made and seconded. The chair called the question and the motion carried by voice vote.
The transcript contains an inconsistency in the award language: Dean named Shredder Excavating as the low bidder, but the staff recommendation later references a contractor name rendered as "Treader Excavating." The committee’s motion accepted the staff recommendation as presented at the meeting; contract execution details should be confirmed in the formal award documents.
