Low bid for Wilma project

Four contractor bids for construction of the Hinrich’s Trading Company’s Port of Wilma building came in higher than expected, port manager Joe Poire reported to port commissioners last Thursday, Oct. 10.

The low bid was $1,063,497 and the high bid $1,398,900.

The engineer’s estimate for the building cost was between $550,000 and $650,000.

In July, port commissioners and Hinrichs signed a 20-year site lease for Hinrichs to locate a warehouse at the Port of Wilma.

Hinrichs will use the 18,000-square-foot building to store, process and ship garbanzo beans.

Poire said the port and Hinrichs are dis...