Carpentersville board approves Well No. 8 rehabilitation contract

The Village of Carpentersville voted unanimously Sept. 2 to accept a bid and award a contract for rehabilitation work on municipal Well No. 8.

Director Gray of Public Works told trustees the village operates four shallow wells and routinely pulls pumps for inspection; well rehabilitation was put out to bid this year. “The second the lowest bidder did not meet our responsible bidder ordinance, so we had to go with the… responsible bidder, which is Municipal Well and Pump,” Gray said.

Three bidders responded to the solicitation, Gray said. Trustees voted to accept the lowest responsible bidder and the base bid and unit prices as presented; the motion to approve was made by Trustee Garcia and seconded by Trustee Abbott. A roll call vote recorded unanimous approval.

The transcript did not supply a clear numeric transcription of the base bid amount. Director Gray said one bidder was from Wisconsin. The village packet and contract documents should provide the full bid amount and supplemental unit prices.

Why it matters: Rehabilitation of well infrastructure affects local water reliability and maintenance costs. The board’s action authorizes work to proceed under the awarded contractor and the bid schedule adopted at the meeting.