Low bid for demolition of downtown Sanford in Moundsville is $ 167,200 | News, Sports, Jobs

Photo of Alan Olson Moundsville officials on Thursday opened bids for the demolition of the dilapidated former Sanford Center on Third Street.

A seemingly low bid of $ 167,200 was recognized among seven companies that submitted bids to demolish the old Sanford Center.

The lowest bid was submitted by Michigan-based Dore & Associates with a secondary bid of $ 205,900 if the equipment needs to be transported. The second lowest bid was slightly higher, Bridgeport-based EdgeCo Inc., offering $ 168,900 for the project while burying the material and $ 190,150 to haul it.

Other offers were submitted by Keith Yost Excavating, J&R Excavating, Reclaim Co., Doty and Raze International. The offers will be presented to the Board Finance Sub-Committee meeting on October 12 for review and will be considered at a future Board meeting.

After the opening, City Manager Rick Healy said none of the businesses were in Moundsville and therefore none would receive preferential consideration.

“If it is a city-owned company, which none of them are,… they must provide, with their bid, a request to have a resident bidder preference, which would be a percentage, ”Healy said. “If no one has put that in there, then that’s a moot point.

“Because we are a public tendering entity, (we) will almost always have to take the lowest bid, unless we have very good reasons not to do so, such as bad references, or they tell you “I can’t get to it until next May. Other than that, we’ll almost always have to take the lowest.”

The Sanford Center is an abandoned building on Third Street, formerly Sanford Elementary, which was later used to house small independent businesses until it closed in September 2020. Building doors are locked with padlocks and no intrusion signs align each entry. The city agreed to terminate the building’s lease to the Sanford Center Board of Directors in March.

Healy previously said the city received complaints about the condition of the building last summer, which ultimately led city officials to tour the building and bring in a mold inspection company to investigate the site, which produced “appalling” results.