One last piece of the puzzle has fallen into place for the new Dallas County Law Enforcement Center, as the final bid package for construction was awarded.

At the recent Supervisors meeting, the Board held a public hearing to present the bids for the structural steel work. The bid package had to be rebid after there were no individual bids received in the original letting process. Sid Samuels, President of the Samuels Group – the project’s construction managers, said they received four bids for the package. The low bid belonged to Katelman Steel Fabrication, Inc, for $836,000. However, Samuels said they included several qualifications for their bid that would increase their price. Because of that, the Samuels Group deemed them unresponsive and recommended awarding the project to the next-lowest bid.

That bid belonged to U.S. Erectors, Inc, for $861,580. Their bid was just $80 more than the original estimate for the steel work, so Samuels felt it was still a very good price. The Supervisors approved awarding the bid to U.S. Erectors as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The total price for all construction packages awarded is currently $16,816,388, considerably under the original estimations. The project is currently ahead of schedule and under budget.

See below for a full list of bid packages and contractors.

BP 3A — Concrete — Neumann Brothers Construction — $1,729,725
BP 3B — Precast — Molin Concrete Products — $951,939
BP 4 — Masonry — Midwest Masonry — $1,628,000
BP 5 — Structural Steel — U.S. Erectors, Inc — $861,580
BP 6 — General Package — Edge Commercial — $2,863,889
BP 7 — Roofing, Flashing, and Accessories — Central States Roofing — $484,700
BP 11A — Detention Equipment — TTJ Holdings — $1,518,600
BP 11B — Laundry and Food Service — Strategic Equipment LLC — $397,500
BP 21 — Fire Sprinkler — Continental Fire — $316,605
BP 22/23 — Plumbing/HVAC — L.A. Fulton and Sons — $3,393,000
BP 26/28 — Electrical and Communications/Security Electronics — Van Maanen Electric, Inc — $2,322,200
BP 33 — Utilities — McAninch Corporation — $348,650