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Show By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON A dis-crepency dis-crepency in the bidding package pack-age led the Davis County School Board to award the multimillion dollar Mueller Park Junior High School bid to the second low bidder. TEKTON, INC., of Salt Lake City, was named contractor con-tractor for the new junior high school in east Bountiful. They submitted a $4,856,000 bid for the project with an August 21, 1981 completion date. It was the absence of that date in the low bid, submitted by Far West Construction, also of Salt Lake City, that snubbed them out of the project. pro-ject. Their bid was for $34,000 less. Fifteen bids were submitted, submit-ted, the high bid of $5,216,000 only $350,000 above that low bid. Even that high bid was well below the $6,017,000 estimated esti-mated cost by the architects, Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot Tal-bot of Salt Lake City. ONE OTHER bidder did not include a construction schedule sche-dule and school officials agreed they couldn't accept a bid without that included as specified by the architect. Explaining the lack of a completion date was Far West Builders Pres. Mike Tolboe. "I don not feel the construction construc-tion schedule as called for can be reliable until we consult with the subcontractors. I don't feel we could give an adequate schedule until I contacted con-tacted them to see if there will be any delays right at the gate. A schedule could be given but I would question the reliability." relia-bility." HE INDICATED construction construc-tion of a secondary school by that firm for the Granite (Salt Lake County) School District was delayed because of delivery deliv-ery problems on equipment including in-cluding electrical fixtures. Board Member Dee Forbes from Layton said a demand exists ex-ists for aircraft materials, for instance, that the "lead time is just out of this world" and it is difficult to obtain parts, espe cially on time. He asked if a penalty would be assessed for failure to meet the August 1981 deadline. ARCHITECT ELDEN V. Talbot said a penalty clause of $1,000 a day beyond the August Au-gust 21 date is included in the contract along with a $1,000 a day bonus up to 30 days completion com-pletion before August 21. "The integrity of this (building) (build-ing) department is at stake," said Assistant Supt. John S. White, who oversees building and grounds. You'll (board) remember re-member how often we've discussed dis-cussed the appropriateness of including a completion date. I think you'll recall when it came to this building we felt strong enough at the time to give a $30,000 bonus. "I CANNOT recommend waiving this clause. Clearly the low bidder does not comply comp-ly I cannot recommend taking tak-ing the low bidder," he continued. con-tinued. (Continued On Page 2) l Second Lowest J:; Bidder Sets : Seine! Prelect (Continued From Page 1 ) ; Mr. Forbes asked about per- formance of Tekton, general contractors on the Holt " Llementary School originally : :set for completion in August I but delayed in west Clearfield. : : "01 K PERSONAL relations rela-tions with Tekton have been .. -excellent," Dr. White said. : "There have been some prob- : Icms that school is highly unusual in terms of construction construc-tion (it is a two-story steel exterior ex-terior structure). The weather a has been highly uncooperative but they've put on extra personnel per-sonnel and weren't permitted to start at the specified time. They've been above board fair and square. "It seems impossible (Holt building progress) because rain and welding just don't mix," but added, "I feel reasonably comfortable with Tekton." THE NEW school will be located lo-cated near Mueller Park at 900 E. 1800 S. |