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Board reviews Blue Oak Charter portable-site bids, approves district purchase of electrical equipment
Summary
District staff told the board it received nine bids for site work related to Blue Oak Charter School portable buildings, and that the district will purchase electrical distribution equipment outside the contractor contract so it can be ordered sooner; staff corrected which company was the low bidder and noted packet numbers conflicted with the live record.
District project staff told the Chico Unified School District board that the district received nine bids — a record number, staff said — for site work related to the Blue Oak Charter School portable building project off Bruce Road. Staff described tight margins among bidders and initially reported Franklin Construction as the low bidder at $3,396,392; staff later corrected the record to identify R and R Horn as the low bidder and noted a conflicting numeric figure in the live record that appears to be a transcription error in the meeting minutes.
Staff said the site-work contract fits within the project's larger $55,200,000 project budget and that soft costs and other expenses will be added to the contractor amount. Project staff also explained the district will purchase electrical distribution equipment for Blue Oak outside the contractor's bid so the equipment can be ordered more quickly; that equipment has been reviewed and approved by the project electrical engineer and by PG&E.
Board members asked whether the equipment purchase or site contract required additional funds; staff said the funds for these items had already been approved and no new money was being requested. The board did not take an open-session vote on the site-work award in the portion of the transcript provided, but staff said work would begin as soon as possible if approvals were completed.
