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Council affirms Fremont Avenue contract award after Gentry General’s bid is deemed nonresponsive
Summary
Montclair approved the Fremont Avenue improvement contract despite a protest from Gentry General, which argued the city’s bid form lacked a place to indicate partial subcontracting. Staff said listed subcontract items represented about 61.2% of the bid, making the bid nonresponsive; council approved the award 3–2.
Montclair — The City Council approved the Fremont Avenue improvement project contract after hearing a protest from Gentry General Engineering Incorporated. The contractor contended its bid was wrongly disqualified because the bid form did not provide a field to indicate that listed subcontractors would perform only part of certain line items.
Will Hernandez, speaking on behalf of Gentry General, said the firm retained control of materials and some project elements and that subcontractors such as…
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