Commissioners okay two rock contracts

Whitman County commissioners approved two new rock crushing contracts to Seubert Excavators of Cottonwood, Idaho, which submitted the winning bid for Doneen Quarry, east of Oakesdale, and a Pullman South stockpile site to be determined.

For Doneen, Seubert bid $359,000, beating out De Atley Crushing of Lewiston, Idaho, which bid $567,500 for the job to provide 60,000 tons of crushed basalt gravel in four types; top course gravel, 3/8-inch chips for chip-sealing, 1/4-inch minus for sanding, and crushed screenings for gravel road maintenance.

The rock is expected to last for five years, to be used in the Oakesdale-Tekoa-Rosalia-Farmington area.

The Pullman South project calls for the contractor to designate a site, by leasing land or otherwise, to store 41,000 tons of top course, chips and 1/4-inch minus.

On the Pullman South project, Seubert bid $332,850, again beating out De Atley of Lewiston’s bid of $547,000.

By law, commissioners choose the lowest bid, as long as it fits the parameters required of the project.