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Commission approves awards from May 13 bid opening for several contracts

South Dakota Department of Transportation Commission · May 15, 2026
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Summary

Following review of the May 13 bid opening, the commission approved staff recommendations to award contracts for projects 2, 3 and 6–9 after Sam Weisgram reported low bids totaled $89.933 million, about 9.6% above the engineers' estimate.

The commission approved awards for a set of contracts from the May 13 bid opening (Attachment 2C) at the May 15 meeting.

Sam Weisgram said the May 13 opening comprised nine contracts with 40 bids; low bids totaled $89,933,000, which he said was $7,884,000 or about 9.6% above the engineers' estimate of $82,049,000. After completing bid review the department recommended awarding projects 2, 3 and 6 through 9 and the commission approved those recommendations by roll call.

The awards authorize staff to proceed with contract execution and project scheduling under the terms disclosed in the bid packages.

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