Bid correction approved by PC

A bid correction was approved by members of the Prairie Central Board of Education during a special July 2 meeting.

According to information from Superintendent Brian Quam, the board needed to make a correction to the bids accepted on June 18 and award the HVAC controls to Alpha Controls for the new school, Junior High and Upper Elementary.

With the correction, it was recommended by Quam to approve the base bids and seven alternate bids for the new school. The board also corrected and approved the HVAC bid for the Junior High and Upper Elementary, still awarding the base bid to Henson Robinson Company but awarding the alternate bid for controls to Alpha Controls. HVAC upgrades for the Junior High total $2,502,268 and the Upper Elementary $2,227,595.

The board also approved electrical work that needed to be updated as part of the HVAC upgrades at the Junior High and Upper Elementary. They approved the electrical base bid for the Junior High to Bodine Electric at $200,857 and the bid for the Upper Elementary was approved for Weber Electric at $435,000.