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Transportation Commission approves six contracts after March 4 bids totaling about $10.77 million
Summary
The Transportation Commission unanimously approved awards for six contracts from a March 4 bid opening; low bids totaled $10,766,000, about $770,000 (6.7%) below the engineers' estimate. Projects 1–3 were within 10% of estimate; projects 4–6 were more than 10% below.
The Transportation Commission voted to award six contracts from a March 4 bid opening after staff reported the low bids totaled $10,766,000, about $770,000 (6.7%) below the engineers' estimate of $11,536,000. Sam Weisgram, a commission staff member filling in for Mike Beam, presented the results and recommended awarding all six projects.
Weisgram told the commission that projects 1–3 were within 10% of the engineer estimate while projects 4–6 came in more than 10% below the estimate. He summarized the March 4 opening as six contracts with a total of 25 bids received and recommended the commission approve the awards based on the reviewed results.
Commissioner Roby moved to approve the awards and Commissioner Jensen seconded. The clerk called the roll; the recorded vote in the transcript shows ten 'Aye' responses during the roll call and the chair declared, "Motion passes." The action record in the meeting reflects a unanimous approval as recorded in the minutes.
The commission did not identify conflicts of interest in connection with the awards during the meeting and had no public commenters on the item. The commission set no additional conditions on the awards in the public discussion during this session.
