Bids opened for Rainbow Drive sidewalk project; lowest bid reported at $352,424

Cole County staff opened sealed bids for the Rainbow Drive sidewalk improvements, federal project number read aloud in the session and local project number given as 2023-601-4. "So this is the bid opening for the Rainbow Drive sidewalk improvements," the staff member announced before reading the submitted proposals. Contractors and the amounts recorded in the transcript included: Sam Gaines Construction (transcript records $398,439, with a fragmented additional figure $39,843.09 appearing in the same segment); Pete Peterson ($371,298.03; transcript also contains a fragmented $7,129.08 token); GWH Landscape ($395,280.73, with subsequent transcript tokenization that appears to split the same number); TV Dozing ($370,408.50); Concrete Solution ($352,424); Watson Concrete ($432,570.29; Watson was noted earlier as submitting plan-holder information after sheets were printed); and Don Schneiger Excavating ($406,842.48). The staff member noted that Stockman Construction "will not be opened due to not being on the MoDOT prequalified list," an administrative exclusion recorded during the reading of bids.