Bid Opening Meeting

Ten minutes before the start of the 3:00pm bid opening, the familiar faces of village residents and MSP volunteers awaited the arrival of new face.s These new faces would be contractor representatives carrying clipboards, building plans, and Main Street's future. At just a little past 3:00pm, Mayor John Levine opened three sealed bids and read aloud each report's estimated cost. The first bid came from a Binghmanton based company called company called R. DeVincentis. Their numbers came as follows:

R. DeVincentis
Base Bid: $1,425,000
Add Alternate 1: $180,000
Add Alternate 2: $53,000
Add Alternate 3: $25,000
Add Alternate 4: $62,000

The second bid came in from another Binghamnton based contractor, R. DeVincentis. Here are the numbers for D. DeVincentis

D. DeVincentis
Base Bid: $1,288,000
Add Alternate 1: $145,677
Add Alternate 2: $53,608
Add Alternate 3: $22,384.50
Add Alternate 4: $56,933.20

The final bid came the Cortland based Economy Paving. Here are their numbers.

Economy Paving
Base Bid: $1,224,703.05
Add Alternate 1: $145,677
Add Alternate 2: $53,608
Add Alternate 3: $22,384.50
Add Alternate 4: $56,933.20

After each of the bid was read and recorded, Steve George, the representative for C & S engineers, took the reports for confirmation. After his firm makes a decision then the reports must be submitted to the Department of Transportation for final approval. This is all to make sure that contractors are not inflating their estimated amounts or are trying something, in the sense of construction, unsound or risky. We hope to have Steve and the engineer's recomendation by early to mid next week (May 8-10th). Look for a Free-Press article on the meeting next week and for a polished update on the website as well.

-Andres