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Weslaco staff to put library furniture package out to bid after consultants warn FF&E costs likely exceed original $500,000 estimate
Summary
Design consultant MSR told the Weslaco commission that the library's furniture, fixtures and equipment package is now estimated near $712,000 including freight/install, and outlined a July—August procurement schedule using line-item pricing and deduct alternates to control cost.
MSR, the Minneapolis-based interior design team working on Weslaco's new library, asked the commission on June 3 for authorization to prepare specifications and bid documents after presenting a procurement plan and updated cost estimates.
The design team said the original FF&E (furniture, fixtures and equipment) budget of $500,000, set in January 2022, has been eroded by inflation. "We do anticipate there are some budget challenges to this project's FF&E portion," MSR's lead presenter said, adding that material-only pricing currently comes in around $620,000 and that including freight and install (about 15 percent) brings the specified…
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