Toccoa City Commission awards Bid for Natural Gas Pipeline Project

A bid for the natural gas pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration project was awarded by the Toccoa City Commission at their meeting on Monday, September 14. Toccoa City Manager Fredda Wheeler gives details.

“Bids for the City of Toccoa’s 2024 HMSA Grant Replace Program were received on August 27. Bid packets were requested by eight contractors; however, only two bids were submitted. The bids were reviewed by City Staff and the project engineers. Their recommendation is to award the contract to the low bidder, Southeast Connections, in the amount of $7,061,363.71. The City has previously worked with Southeast Connections on the road widening project in Rabun County. The bid amount leaves a surplus of just over $1 million in the grant funds; however, please be aware that the bid covers only the materials and the labor associated with the project. Engineering, inspection, and other miscellaneous project-related fees will also need to be paid from the remaining grant funds.”  

The Commission voted unanimously in awarding the bid.