Bastrop, Tx–The best bids for building a new city hall and Bastrop convention center on Chestnut Street will be awarded Jan. 19, the city council decided Tuesday.
The council saw the final bid tabulations for the first time Jan 12 and asked for a week to review the results and consider which extra bid items it wants to add to the projects. Already agreed are almost $400,000 improvements to Farm Street on the north boundary of the civic center site.
Bids for both projects total roughly $7.8 million, some $1 million less than the original project budget. Apparent low bidders are Gaeke Construction of Giddings (city hall) and Collier Construction of Brenham (convention center). Gaeke offered to complete the work in 270 calendar days. Collier said the convention center will be finished in 365 days.