Low bidder in port contract protests loss of $44M contract
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) – W.C. Fore is protesting a $44 million contract award to Necaise Bros. Construction Co. for work on the state port’s West Pier because Fore was low bidder on the project.
The Sun Herald reports the state port’s board heard the protest Monday. The board must now decide whether to rebid the project, stand by the contract award to Necaise or give the job to W.C. Fore Trucking Co.
Fore submitted a bid of $43.9 million, which was $126,766 lower than Necaise’s bid.
The contract in dispute is on the pier’s east side. The contractor will elevate the east side of the pier to 14 feet — the elevation reached on the west side — and install rail lines, plus water, sewer, drainage and electrical systems.
