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Story County trustees award $823,170 open-ditch repair contract to Anderson Drainage and Excavation
Summary
The Story County Board of Supervisors, acting as drainage district trustees, voted to award an $823,170 contract to Anderson Drainage and Excavation LLC for the Drainage District 11 open-ditch repair project after an engineer reported the firm submitted the low bid among eight and recommended award.
The Story County Board of Supervisors, sitting as drainage district trustees, voted May 18 to award a contract for open-ditch repairs in Drainage District 11 to Anderson Drainage and Excavation LLC of Humboldt, Iowa, for $823,170.
Tyler Connley, the project engineer with Bolton & Menk, told trustees eight bids were opened on May 7 and the engineer27s estimate had been about $1.1 million. He said the low bid from Anderson was roughly $276,000 below the estimate and that review of the tabulation confirmed the bidders27 math and unit prices.
"My recommendation is that the trustees award to Anderson Drainage and Excavating LLC for the amount their low bid amount," Connley said during the meeting.
Trustees discussed the contract scope before the vote, focusing on tree removal and disposal. Connley said tree removal was specified as a lump-sum line item rather than a per-tree measure and that the work would be limited to what was necessary to complete ditch maintenance within the right-of-way. He said crop-damage liability applies differently for work performed outside the right-of-way.
Trustees then moved and seconded the motion to award the contract. The chair called the question and the vote was recorded in the meeting as affirmative by the trustees present, and the motion carried.
The trustees did not specify a contract start date at the meeting; Connley noted some change-order risk exists with any construction project but said unit-price structure for pipe extensions and other items made a substantial increase unlikely. He also said clearing and grubbing on the awarded bid totaled about $150,000, or roughly 18–20% of the project cost, and that proactive roadside vegetation management could reduce future tree-removal costs.
The board proceeded, later in the same meeting, to consider a separate preliminary reclassification process for Drainage District Warren 11; that discussion and a separate vote to move forward are reported in a companion article.
