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Board approves Chapman STEM middle school construction contract after low bid
Summary
Huntsville City Schools board approved a construction contract for the Chapman STEM Magnet Middle School after hearing a certified bid tab showing Lee Builders’ apparent low base bid of $57,964,908, well under the program budget. The board also approved routine consent items and facility-use agreements.
Huntsville City Schools’ board voted Dec. 16 to approve a construction contract for the Chapman STEM Magnet Middle School after the district’s certified bid tab identified Lee Builders Incorporated as the apparent low base bidder at $57,964,908.
The certified bid tab and draft contract were presented by a TCU representative, who said the district’s all-in program budget is $80,000,000 and the new school will total just over 161,000 square feet. The Alabama Division of Construction Management (DCM) requires announcing an identified construction budget to name the apparent low bidder; the DCM-announced figure for this procurement was $68,500,000. The presenter said the low bid came in more than $10 million below that announced number and attributed the result to…
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