Library okays number-2 bid

Whitman Library District directors late Nov. 10 voted to award the bid for renovation of the Colfax headquarters building to Blews Construction, Inc., of the Spokane Valley. The Blews bid, including six alternative projects which are expected to be included in the contract, totaled $660,940.

The board put aside the lowest bid on the project after Laurance Kom, architect for the project, and Colfax Attorney Bruce Ensley said the bid, submitted by Citadel Construction of Spokane, did not conform with all conditions of the bid process.

The Citadel bid failed to acknowledge the last of three adden...