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Smyrna awards five bids of $1.2 million

About $1.2 million will be spent by Smyrna on five mainly Public Works improvements. AJC file photo
About $1.2 million will be spent by Smyrna on five mainly Public Works improvements. AJC file photo
By Carolyn Cunningham
March 15, 2018

The Smyrna City Council awarded five bids on March 5 for $1,265,130 in mainly Public Works improvements.

They include:

  • $353,536 to buy a 16 cubic yard sewer/storm sewer cleaner and hydro-excavator - to replace the city's 2002 version with these 2019 updates - under the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) contract to Rush Truck Center of Georgia in Smyrna.
  • $339,004 to install a detention pond and storm sewer replacement and rehabilitation at the Public Works Facility by lowest bidder Butch Thompson Enterprises of Dallas.
  • $268,034 to replace the 3.5 cubic yard sewer/storm sewer cleaner and hydro-excavator with 2019 versions under the NJPA contract to Rush Truck Center of Georgia in Smyrna.
  • $154,557 to replace the city's original sewer/storm sewer inspection camera system with a 2019 version under Georgia state contract to Environmental Products Group.
  • $150,000 for concrete work from the second lowest bidder, based upon their unit prices in their bid request, Braswell Concrete LLC in Powder Springs.

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