Three bids opened for Jerome High School weight room renovation; Steiner Builders lowest at $366,291

Unidentified Speaker 1, a meeting official, opened the bid session for the Jerome High School weight room renovation and said three bids had been submitted and that bid bonds would be checked before forwarding materials to the project architect.

Unidentified Speaker 2 read the bid details for each contractor and confirmed that addenda were received. "Addendum number 1 was accepted," Speaker 2 announced when reading Settlerlin's figures, which listed a base bid of $413,920 and alternates for flooring ($61,886), storage cage ($6,848), personal record station ($4,068) and acoustical ceiling ($35,033). Laymon Damon's submission included Addendum Nos. 1 and 2 with a base bid of $385,000 and alternates for flooring ($27,000), storage cage ($4,000), a $0 change for the personal record station, and $23,000 for the acoustical ceiling system. Steiner Builders' bid, also noting Addendum No. 1, showed a base bid of $366,291 and alternates for flooring ($66,623), storage cage ($3,640), personal record station ($5,296) and acoustical ceiling ($33,234).

No motions or formal award decisions were recorded during the session. Speaker 1 closed the bid opening by stating the reading was complete and that the bids would be passed to the architect for review. The district's procurement or contracting staff and the project architect will perform the next substantive review steps and report back to the board or authorized decision-makers.