School board considers awarding bus garage and high school paving bid to Flicker Tail Construction

A district staff member told the school board that the paving work east of the high school and at the new bus garage was advertised for 21 days, drew four contractor bids and allowed contractors to propose either concrete or asphalt. Staff said the project exceeded the $250,000 threshold in the North Dakota Century Code and therefore followed the state-mandated bid process.

The staff recommended awarding the work to Flicker Tail Construction, saying asphalt pricing was the lower option among the bids. "We had four contractors submit bids … the lower costing method of course would be utilizing the asphalt. Therefore, we have a recommendation based on low bid to award the Flicker Tail Construction," the staff member said.

Board member Terry moved to award the contract; Alle seconded. During brief discussion a board member asked whether the recommendation was based solely on Flicker Tail being the lowest asphalt bidder. The staff replied that bidders could submit for concrete or asphalt and that the recommendation followed the lesser-priced option between those materials.

The transcript records the motion and second but does not record a roll-call tally or an explicit final outcome in the provided text.

The item was introduced under new business as a capital project; staff said both projects were included in the construction budgets. Staff also noted the contract triggered the state bidding requirement because the total exceeded $250,000 and that the district followed the statutory procurement window.

Next steps recorded in the meeting record were procedural: the chair opened the floor, the motion was made and seconded, and discussion was limited to a clarification about material choice and lowest responsive bid. No further details about contract terms, schedule, or contingency amounts were recorded in the transcript.