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Lincoln County accepts MC Asphalt road‑oil bid and awards crushing contract to Noble Excavating after wide price variance
Summary
At a public bid opening, Lincoln County accepted MC Asphalt Industries' road‑oil bid for 2026–27 and awarded its gravel crushing/stockpile work to Noble Excavating after staff identified a large price difference with another bidder; portable‑restroom bids were left open.
Lincoln County commissioners on June 17 opened county bids and awarded a pair of contracts after staff and commissioners reviewed submitted pricing and mobilization charges.
For road oil, MC Asphalt Industries Limited submitted the only bid for the 2026–27 season with line items for HF and CRS products to Libby, Troy and Eureka; commissioners moved to accept the MC Asphalt bid.
For gravel crushing and stockpiling, the commission opened two bids: Thompson Contracting submitted tonnage and cubic‑yard prices, while Noble Excavating submitted cubic‑yard pricing with distinct mobilization fees for different districts. Commissioners highlighted a roughly $300,000 cost difference on a 10,000‑yard basis between the two formats and decided Noble Excavating’s bid was most cost‑effective under the county’s anticipated needs; commissioners awarded the crushing/stockpile work to Noble and instructed staff to create a standardized bid spreadsheet for future solicitations so bids can be compared on the same basis.
No bids were received for the county portable‑restroom contract; commissioners left that solicitation open to be rebid.
Commissioners asked staff to follow up on bid format clarification and mobilization accounting to ensure apples‑to‑apples comparisons in future procurements.
