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Ropes ISD board awards CMAR role to Teinert Construction for November 2025 bond projects
Summary
At a July 7 special meeting, the ROPES ISD board unanimously adopted a resolution ranking Construction Manager-at-Risk firms responding to RFQ/RFP 2026-001 and awarded Teinert Construction the CMAR contract for projects approved in the November 2025 bond election; the superintendent was authorized to negotiate contracts under Texas Government Code 2269.254.
The ROPES ISD board voted unanimously on July 7, 2026 to adopt a resolution ranking Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) respondents to RFQ/RFP 2026-001 and to award Teinert Construction the CMAR role for work on projects approved by district voters in the November 2025 bond election.
The board’s agenda listed deliberation under Texas Government Code 2269.253(g) and sought authorization, via resolution, for the superintendent and legal counsel to negotiate contracts in accordance with Texas Government Code 2269.254. The board heard presentations from Pharr & Company Construction and McCutchin Construction before taking formal action. The motion to adopt the resolution and award Teinert Construction was made by Board member Keila Ketchersid and seconded by Board member Tysen Mortensen; the motion carried with a recorded vote of seven yeas and zero nays (Chad Brooks, Donnie Halpain, Keila Ketchersid, Tysen Mortensen, Chad Partington, Donald Rhoads, Blake Thrash).
The resolution authorizes the superintendent to negotiate satisfactory contract terms with the ranked CMAR firm and to take any actions necessary to carry out the Board’s purposes, per the statutory procurement procedures cited on the agenda. Superintendent Dade Cosby and representatives from the candidate firms were present; the board recorded no public comments at the meeting.
The board did not identify a contract dollar amount during the meeting. Per the agenda, negotiations will proceed under the state procedures cited; the superintendent, with legal counsel, is authorized to finalize agreements with the ranked firm.
