Plymouth School Board members considered a number of matters related to the Lincoln Junior High building project when they met Tuesday night. Skillman Corporation Project Manager Derek Anderson spoke to the school board about the bid process thus far.
Documents submitted as proof of publication indicate that contract bids were advertised in the South Bend Tribune and in the paper version of the Pilot News, as well as its internet platform on March 12th and 19th.
Anderson commented that when bids were opened on Tuesday, April 10th, there were a total of 47 bids submitted for 13 various bid categories.Once pre-award conferences were held and individual contractor qualifications were reviewed, the Skillman Corporation came up a with a list of recommendations that Anderson presented to the council.
The companies recommended included Gibson-Lewis, Slatile Roofing, Ziolkowski Construction and Rosema Corporation as well as Midwest Glass & Interiors, Art Mosaic & Tile, DECO Associates and C & T Design. Anderson also listed Shambaugh & Son, Mechanical Concepts, D.A. Dodd and Mead & White for consideration.Click the following link to view the specific bid categories and amounts. 
The total for all the proposed contracts came to $32,534,300. Since the total cost was lower than the expectation of approximately $35 million, additional renovations and projects may be looked into at a later date.
Following Anderson’s presentation, Superintendent Andy Hartley suggested that the school board members should acknowledge the proof of publication, consider the contract bids submitted to them and authorize the Skillman Corporation to award the contracts and issue a notice to proceed to the contractors listed. A motion was made to that effect and it passed with unanimous approval.
In order to officially get the next phase started, members also had to consider the adoption of a resolution that would assign the construction bids to the building corporation. Superintendent Hartley said this was a technicality they have to follow through with since the building corporation is the entity entrusted with financing the project. The resolution was adopted without any opposition.
