City council will be asked next week to reject all bids received for construction of the new downtown bus terminal.
The two bids recently received vastly exceed the $1.7 million set aside for the project.
Mike Moore Construction Ltd. offered to do the job for $3.7 million.
S&T Electrical Contractors Ltd. bid $4.7 million.
"The tendered amounts cannot be accommodated within this allocation," Karen Marlow, the city's manager of purchasing, says in a report to Mayor Christian Provenzano and city council.
On Monday, councillors will debate a path forward for the controversial project.
Brent Lamming, the city's director of community services, will as council to:
- not accept the low tender submission
- Sault Transit to submit a change order to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Fund to revise the approved $2 million project to that of a plan and design phase project
- reduce from approved $2 million (city share ($533,400) to $238,142 (city share 26.67 per cent, $63,512) to cover professional and design services including open house fees to date
- prepare a revised budget estimate to bring forward to the 2023 budget meeting
- submit a new request to ICIP this summer for the build, tendering and contract administration service in order to expedite the process should council approve the 2023 budget request
Monday's city council meeting will be livestreamed on SooToday starting at 4:30 p.m.