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Show tescruo 2nd Louj Dill By ROSELYN KIRK A construction firm was released by the Davis County School Board from their low bid for the conversion of a warehouse at the Clearfield Freeport Center into a school bus garage and service center. The board voted to accept the second low bid submitted by John De Young Construction Company, Salt Lake City, for $674,396. TWO WEEKS ago Wadman Construction Construc-tion Co., Inc., Ogden, submitted the bid of $633,000, the lowest of seven submitted. At that time the board had voted to accept the low bid unless it was withdrawn. Architect Dale Minson, Minson and Halender, architects and engineers, Salt Lake City, indicated that the bid might be withdrawn, but said the company would have to forfeit the five percent bid bond which would have totalled about $31,000. But on Tuesday, based on the recommendation recom-mendation of Assistant Superintendent John S. White, the board voted not to hold Wadman Construction to their bid, which was in error due to mistakes in computation. computa-tion. Dr. White said. DR. WHITE said the attorneys Felshaw and William H. King advised that the board would be safe in going with the next low bid which was submitted by the John DeYoung Construction Company. Dr. White also recommended that the board not force the forfeit of the bid bond. "You don't automatically forfeit. You have to show that you have been damaged." He advised that the board not insist on a penalty when the investigation showed an error in computation. Board member, Morris Hansen, did question why that bid, which had been estimated by the architect at $550,000 was $120,000 over the estimate. Dr. White said that inflation costs, as well as the proposal to construct a paint bay at a cost of $26,396, had added to the costs. SCHOOL administrators and board members also expressed concern over the bid for an addition at the Layton Elementary School which architect Larry Jansen said was $81,000 over the estimate. Dr. White also said that, since only two companies had bid on the construction, the matter should be considered by the school board attorneys King and King prior to acting on the matter. The low bid of $249,900 was submitted by John DeYoung Contractors, with the only other bid being submitted by Carl G. Collram Construction, Magna, for $306,000. Mr. Jansen said that three other construction firms, had indicated they would withdraw prior to the bidding, but that he had expected Fred Burton Construction Con-struction Co., Salt Lake City, to bid. DR. WHITE said he was not sure about i the legal problems of accepting a bid with ' less than three contractors bidding. "The matter bears a lot of study and will require that we report back to the board," he said. Mr. Jansen expressed concern over the high cost of the bids which he said would cost $57.50 a square foot over the $46 that the architects had estimated. He said, "I was pretty shocked to discover what the bids were." He surmised that the additional addi-tional costs had resulted from additional building specification required by the state fire marshal and the building code now required for the handicapped. IN ANOTHER financial matter, the i district approved the expenditure of $52,000 for a A.B. Dick copy printer, an . automatic collator, stitching machine and drill. The equipment was recommended by Hollis Grange, clerk of the board and Jay Dansie. Both said the equipment could be added to an older A.B. Dick machine and would make it possible for the printing department depart-ment to produce from 300,000 to 500,000 copies a month. Mr. Grange said that the district printing office is now able to make about 150,000 copies a month. MR. GRANGE presented price quotation quota-tion from Zerox for $75,000 and Address-ograph-Multigraph for $28,000, but said that neither company would do the print- ing needed by the board. ' Mr. Grange said the equipment will bei installed within a week on a 30-day trial' period basis. Mr. Dansie said maintenance is equivalent with that charged for present equipment. . IN OTHER matters, the board approved the hiring of Roger Glines to replace Hollis Grange as the clerk of the board. Mr. Glines is presently employed by the Utah State Board of Education. School administrators were indefinite as to when Mr. Glines would take over the position. Hollis Grange will retire Jan. 1. In reviewing matters still pending before the board. Dr. White said that the administration has determined that Stoker Elementary School is structurally sound and is being considered as a location for a community school gymnastics program. Two weeks ago parents asked that a concrete floor be poured in the basement at Bountiful High to accommodate the gymnastics program. DR. WHITE said further investigation will be necessary before a decision is made to house the program at Stoker. In two other matters before the board. Dr. White said the administration is still checking on specifications before calling for bids on three IV2 ton trucks needed for the school lunch program. |