Rib Lake School Board begins awarding bids for referendum work
With work set to begin this spring on referendum-funded Rib Lake High School and Middle School projects, school board members held a special meeting last week to approve the first set of project bids.
On February 12, board members reviewed the recommendations from JH Findorff and Son on the bids, all of which were the lowest qualified bidders for those contract areas.
As is common with a project the size and scope of the school renovation and expansion, the bids were divided up into a number of packages with contractors invited to tour the school, view the bid documents and submit bids. While there were in some cases a number of qualified firms who received the bid packages, at times only a much smaller handful of applicants actually submitted bids.
In addition to serving as the general contractor on the overall project, Findorff was able to put in bids on portions of the project work itself. Findorff chose to submit bids on three of the packages including the demolition, concrete work, and masonry and was the low bidder received on all of those packages which total $2.78 million.
Board members awarded those bids to Findorff.
Other bid awards and packages were: Structural pre-cast, Wells, $601,195 out of three bids received; metals, SPE Inc./ Nicks Welding, $561,800 out of three bids received; weather barriers, Appleton Lathing, $36,818 out of three bids received; roofing, Quality Roofing, $711,594 out of four bids received; metal panels, Muza, $173,826, out of three bids received; framing and drywalling, VerHalen, $316,619, out of two bids received; tiling, JW Flooring, $15,900 out of five bids received; resilient flooring and carpet, JW flooring, $331,300, out of two bids received; epoxy flooring, Impact Protective Coatings, $76,799, out of three bids received; acoustical ceiling panels, VerHalen, $327,406, out of three bids received; lockers, Marshfield Book and Stationary, $30,982, out of four bids received; food service equipment, Kavanuagh, $438,060, out of four bids received; gym equipment, HB Specialized, $61,365, one bid received; telescoping bleachers, NorthStar, $223,927 out of two bids received; window treatments, Eau Claire Business Interiors, $7,475, one bid received; fire protection, Ahern, $160,141 out of four bids received; plumbing, Ahern, $780,574, out of four bids received; HVAC, August Winters, $2,144,500, out of four bids received; electrical, Total Electric Service, $1,552,250, out of three bids received; earthwork, Janek & Son, $330,627, out of three bids received; site utilities, Janek & Son, $285,500, out of three bids received; landscaping, Janek & Son, $45,609, out of three bids received; paving, American Asphalt, $249,550, one bid received; site concrete, Chippewa Concrete, $62,351, out of two bids received; and fencing and gates, Century Fence, $19,398, out of two bids received.
In other business board members: Approved updating its nondiscrimination in district programs policy to reflect changes at the national level. District Administrator Travis Grubbs explained the district had approved changes to its Title IX policy last summer and with the federal government reversing course on the changes, the district is going back to its previous policy.
Approved resignations of teachers in the middle school and kindergarten, tech ed. and middle school track coach. In related action, board members approved hiring Todd Henderson as track coach and Steve Griswold as assistant track coach.
Approved contracting with their district’s existing asbestos management firm for an additional $5,000 to serve as the manager for dealing with asbestos removal as part of the construction project. This is the group that makes the plans and monitors the contractors hired to remove any asbestos.
