School contractor withdraws low bid

Elting, Inc. of Gladstone, Oregon, withdrew its low bid for excavation of the new Sisters High School site, due to an error, according to Sisters School District officials.

The bid was awarded to the next-lowest bidder, KN Exco, Inc., owned by Kirby Nagelhout. Nagelhout is the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC) on the project.

Nagelhout's bid of $390,832 is $88,726 below the budgeted estimate.

Savings could allow the school board to restore cuts made to bring the project within a $21 million budget.