Caltrans Names Manson Construction as Low Bidder for Underwater Cable
A second round of bids on an underwater cable relocation for the new $6-billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge came in much closer to engineers' estimate than the first — much to the relief of the California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans). Seattle-based Manson Construction Co. submitted on Dec. 21 the low bid of $7 million for a single cable between Oakland and Treasure Island, or $9.7 million for a double-cable configuration.
Caltrans released a re-bid last November for the underwater cable relocation project after a sole bidder, San Francisco-based California Engineering Contractors Inc. (CEC), submitted a bid for $13 million, which is 97% over the original estimate of $6.6 million, according to Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney. In the second round, Caltrans received three bids.