Larry Easterday, right, explains how the bid opening for the Milford Elementary School project was going to be conducted. The bid opening was held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, in the Professional Learning Center. Photo by Marissa Sweatland.

By Marissa Sweatland
InkFreeNews

SYRACUSE — The Milford Elementary School project, one of the two projects currently underway within the corporation, is slowly coming to fruition as a bid opening was held Thursday, Aug. 1, in the Professional Learning Center in Syracuse. The other project, a performing arts center at the high school, started construction shortly after graduation.

The bids were placed by pre-qualified contractors for the work and supply of materials for the construction of the new Milford Elementary School. According to the base bids presented at the opening, the new Milford Elementary School will cost between $22,009,518.70 to $27,596,439.

The scope of work varies from bid package to bid package. Bids were placed for cast in place concrete; masonry; furnish and erect steel; general trades; roofing, flashing, sheet metal; aluminum framed entrances and storefronts, aluminum, windows, glazing; gyp board, steel stud framing, APC, acoustical wall treatment, painting; flooring and tiling; athletic wood flooring; food service equipment; fire suppression, plumbing and HVAC mechanics; electrical, communications, electronic safety and security; earthwork and utilities; bituminous paving; lawn and landscaping and fencing.

Michael Kinder and Sons placed the only 3a, concrete, bid. MKS placed a base bid of $2,798,000.

Bid package 4a, masonry, base bids ranged from $2,987,000 to $4,192,000. Demuyt Masonry, Ziolkowski Masonry, FCI and Hagerman Masonry placed bids.

Bid package 5a, steel, base bids ranged from $1,027,116.70 to $1,217,000. Evans Metals and JL Walter placed bids.

Bid package 6a, general trades, had two bidders and base bids ranged from $2,899,000 to $3,218,500. Gibson Lewis and MKS placed bids.

Bid package 7a, roofing, base bids ranged from $819,000 to $1,132,364. Rooflynx, Sentry Roofing, SPG Roofing & Exteriors and Bortrager placed bids.

Bid package 8a, aluminum and windows, base bids ranged from $660,000 to $842,184. Interstate Commercial Glass & Door, O’Neils Glass and Hall Aluminum placed bids.

Bid package 9a, steel framing and wall treatment, base bids ranged from $916,000 to $1,144,000. Rosema Construction, Kletner Interior Systems and Gibson Lewis placed bids.

Bid package 9b, flooring, base bids ranged from $419,550 to $484,700. Jack Laurie, Strahm Building Group and Rosema Construction placed bids.

Bid package 9c, athletic flooring, base bids ranged from $129,100 to $171,280. Kuhn Specialty Flooring, Foster Specialty Flooring, Jack Laurie and Kiefer Specialty Flooring placed bids.

Bid package 11e, food service equipment, base bids ranged from $720,595 to $773,364. Singer Equipment Ashland, Culinex, Burkett Restaurant Equipment, C & T Design, Great Lakes Hotel Supply, Brackenridge Kitchen Equipment and Stafford Smith placed bids.

Bid package 21a, fire suppression, base bids ranged from $327,941 to $418,595. VFP, Shambaugh & Sons and Current Fire Protection placed bids.

Bid package 23a, plumbing and HVAC, base bids ranged from $4,921,386 to $6,462,251. Core Mechanical, A. Hattersley & Sons, Project Design Piping, Wagner Meinert, Griffen Plumbing & Heating and G & L Corporation placed bids.

Bid package 26a, electrical, base bids ranged from $2,598,000 to $3,809,260. Kissinger Electric, D & D Electric and Dilling Group placed bids.

Bid package 31a, earthwork, base bids ranged from $2,322,182 to $2,350,000. G & G Hauling and Beer & Slabaugh placed bids.

Bid package 32a, paving, base bids ranged from $702,930 to $849,095. Brooks Construction, Niblock Excavating and Phend & Brown placed bids.

Bid package 32c, fencing, received a base bid of $83,900 from R & C Fencing.

Two combination bids were received. MKS placed a combination bid of $5,823,000 for bid packages 3a and 6a. Gibson Lewis placed a combination bid of $3,923,005 for bid packages 6a and 9a.

The bids were taken under advisement of Michael Kinder and Sons and Wawasee School Corporation.