North Lamar ISD trustees switch procurement method, select vendor for retention pond

Oct 9, 2025

Trustees voted unanimously Oct. 9 to remove the Retention Pond Project from construction-manager-at-risk delivery, adopt job order contracting as the procurement method, and select Bobby Smallwood Construction Co. as the TIPS vendor; authority to engage engineers and negotiate contracts was delegated to the superintendent.

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The North Lamar ISD Board of Trustees on Oct. 9 voted 7-0 to change the procurement method for the district's Retention Pond Project from a construction manager-at-risk delivery to job order contracting, which trustees said provides the best value to the district. Trustee Sheila Daughtrey moved the resolution and Bo Exum seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

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