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Article: Six companies submit bids to build new city utilities facility.
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- Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN)
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- August 25, 2006
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Byline: Emily Thickstun
Aug. 25--Bids for the new city utilities service center were opened Thursday.
CDI Inc. of Terre Haute submitted the lowest base bid of $2.9 million. Each bid also listed estimates for extras on the city's wish list for a new building.
The highest priced of those items were rainwater storage tanks and renovation of the inventory room.
The bids now will be reviewed, and the goal is to have a recommendation for the Utilities Service Board at its next meeting Sept. 5.
Utilities project manager Mike Hicks said he was happy with the bids.
"We look for bids that are close together," he said. "We'll ...