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Ennis rescinds museum bid after entry error, awards facade work to Talbot Rod LLC
Summary
City museum director told the commission a bidder made a procurement‑form entry error; the commission repealed the earlier resolution awarding the contract to DRD Custom Construction and authorized award to Talbot Rod LLC for roughly $62,000.
The Ennis City Commission repealed a previous award and approved a new contractor for the Museum Facade project after staff identified a bid‑entry error in the procurement software.
Library and museum director Jessica Diaz explained staff used new procurement software for this pilot project and discovered that DRD Custom Construction had entered line‑item pricing inconsistently, producing a non‑responsive bid when compared to attachments submitted with the proposal. "We were using new procurement software for the city for and this was the pilot project on that software," Diaz said, describing how an item was listed as a single‑window cost rather than the total cost of all windows to be replaced.
Staff recommended repealing the prior resolution and awarding the project to Talbot Rod LLC, whose bid was described in the staff presentation as "just over $62,000." After a motion and a second, the commission voted to adopt the staff recommendation.
What happens next: Staff will execute the necessary contract documents with Talbot Rod LLC and proceed with the facade work under the approved scope. The commission did not discuss any further budget adjustments at the meeting.
