KYTC awarded $16.5 million in single-bid contracts exceeding their engineer's estimates in September
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) awarded 26 single-bid contracts exceeding their internal estimates to Kentucky’s highway contractors in September. The single-bid awards last month totaled $16,553,474 - costing taxpayers $444,694 above and beyond the estimated costs for those projects.
L-M Asphalt Partners secured six single-bid contracts (exceeding KYTC’s estimates) totaling $6,011,980. L-M’s single-bid haul included a $3.6 million award for 3.9 miles of asphalt rehabilitation on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Clay County.
KYTC awarded Hinkle Contracting six single-bid contracts totaling $2,106,224. Hinkle’s largest single-bid award in September was for 2.57 miles of asphalt resurfacing in Pulaski County.
The Allen Company secured four single-bid contracts last month. Their successful bids exceeded KYTC’s estimates by $110,480 for the four projects.
Jim Smith Contracting was awarded two single-bid contracts in September, including a $2.8 million asphalt resurfacing project covering 5.4 miles of US 60 in McCracken County.
Mountain Enterprises won two single-bid contracts (exceeding the cabinet’s estimates) totaling $869,994. Walker Construction scored two single-bid awards that added up to $643,372. The Rogers Group also secured two awards totaling $584,895.
Haydon Materials got a $124,693 single-bid award for 1.07 miles of asphalt resurfacing in Marion County. The Lexington Quarry Company was given a $435,565 single-bid award for “various routes in Jessamine County.”
A back of the envelope calculation indicates KYTC has awarded 141 single-bid contracts (that exceeded their engineer’s estimates) totaling $164.8 million to Kentucky’s road contractors since the beginning of the year.
In September, KYTC awarded single-bid contracts for projects in the following counties: Breathitt, Calloway, Christian, Laurel, McCracken, Marion, Montgomery, Owsley, Pike, Pulaski, Trigg, Whitley, Clay, Garrard, Harrison, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Jackson, Jessamine, Morgan, Perry, Rockcastle and Whitley.
A complete list of September’s single-bid awards is available at this link.
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Single-bid projects have been awarded in the following Kentucky counties in 2021: Barren, Bath/Rowan, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bourbon, Boyle, Boyd, Carter, Caldwell, Calloway, Casey, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Garrard, Graves, Greenup, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Logan, Lyon, Madison, Marion, Marshall, McCracken, Metcalfe, Menifee, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Scott, Taylor, Trigg, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe.