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Council orders rebids after contractor protest, rejects two street‑work bids
Summary
Following a contractor protest about unclear quantities and traffic control, council rejected bids for two street‑work projects (Live Oak full‑depth repairs; Brooklands milling) and directed staff to rebid with clearer quantities and specifications.
Two pavement projects drew contractor protests and substantive staff review. Bennett Paving raised concerns that the Brooklands Boulevard milling advertisement lacked clear quantities and that traffic‑control responsibilities were inconsistently described. At council request, staff reviewed the protest; for the Live Oak full‑depth repair project staff recommended rebidding and correcting the bid documents.
Contractor Billy Bennett told the council the bid form permitted widely varying bidder assumptions because detailed square-yard or tonnage quantities were not specified. "When you leave it up to someone else, you ask three separate people and they're going to get three different quantities," he said.
Council voted to reject the awards and rebid the Live Oak and related milling projects to provide standardized quantities and clearer traffic‑control language; the motions passed unanimously. Staff said correcting bid documents and rebidding would not jeopardize critical timelines.
