Substation Bid Unanimously Rejected By Geneva City Council

GENEVA, IL — Geneva City Council unanimously voted Monday night to reject a bid to construct an electrical substation at the Geneva Business Park.

Bids for the project opened Sept. 5 and only one, from Haughland Energy Group, LLC, was received. At $1,873,000, the Melville, New York-based company's bid was nearly $800,000 over the engineer's estimated cost of $1,073,577, Assistant City Administrator Benjamin McCready said at the meeting.

The substation would be located at 1717 Averill Road in Geneva.

"In light of the price received and the only one bidder responding, staff will rebid the work in anticipation of a better response," McCready said.