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Wilmot UHS School District review finds construction bids under referendum budget; staff to begin contract awards
Summary
At a district board meeting, staff reviewed low bids, accepted value-engineered alternates including an athletic-turf upgrade to AstroTurf, reported the project is roughly $85,750 under the referendum budget, and said they will begin awarding contracts without formal board approval.
Wilmot UHS School District staff presented detailed bid-tab results to the board and said the combined low bids and selected value-engineered alternates leave the construction program under the district's referendum budget by roughly $85,750. Staff told the board they will begin awarding contracts and move into contract meetings and submittal reviews to start work in June.
The presenter walked the board through line-item results across site work, utilities, concrete, masonry, roofing, mechanical/electrical systems and athletic surfaces. He reported the overall bid-day project budget without contingency was $13,855,768 and that after selected deducts and voluntary credits the package shows an $85,750 favorable position compared with earlier estimates. "The budget is all built off this when we kind of review that," the presenter said as he described how the bid tab will feed the Guaranteed Maximum Price and the district's tracking documents.
On site work, staff noted a wide variance between two low bidders for excavation and grading (custom…
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