$5.3 million is low bid to demolish Waldo-Hancock Bridge. But look at the spread.
Although a formal contract has yet to be awarded, the low bidder for the demolition of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge has been named.
S&R Corp. of Lowell, Mass., bid $5,347,230 for the work, which entails all aspects of the demolition work on the 81-year-old suspension bridge.
The next lowest bid came from Cianbro Corp., which bid $5,669,236 ($322,006, or 6 percent, higher than S&R’s bid).
The bid will be awarded as soon as S&R completes the necessary paperwork, according to Doug Coombs, project manager with the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT).
The project was originally estimated to cost $7.6 million, but Coombs said that figure included all engineering costs. About $6 million was set aside for the actual demolition, and Coombs said bids for that work ranged from S&R’s $5.3 million to a bid of $9.3 million from Massachusetts-based NASDI, LLC.
Six companies submitted bids. The only other Maine firm to vie for the project was Reed & Reed out of Woolwich, which bid $7.1 million.
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