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Ragle's $16.6 million low bid would cover three years of bridge deck, railing and scour repairs

The City Council votes Tuesday on the 36-month bridge maintenance contract, which would start in January and replace the current on-call deal before it expires next September.

Wade Ramos· AI-assisted, edited by Jake Team

November 6, 20262 min read

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Bridge repairs across Dallas from January 2027 through January 2030 would go to Ragle, Inc. under a contract the City Council is scheduled to consider Tuesday, Nov. 10, for no more than $16,618,890.83.

The North Richland Hills company submitted the lowest of three bids opened Aug. 28, according to the agenda information sheet from the Department of Transportation and Public Works. A & B Construction, LLC bid $17,743,103.83 and Gibson & Associates, Inc. bid $19,953,956.47.

The work

The contract is the city's 36-month bridge maintenance, repair and improvement program for fiscal years 2027 through 2029. Its scope includes:

  • Full- and partial-depth repairs to bridge decks, and full deck replacement
  • Concrete structure repairs, guard fences and vehicle and pedestrian railings
  • Resetting and replacing bearings, and retrofits to the parts of bridges above and below the deck
  • Foundation repairs, bank stabilization and stream channel work
  • Scour countermeasures

The city's existing on-call contract for public bridge maintenance expires Sept. 30, 2027, the agenda item says.

Paying for it

The money would come from the Street and Alley Improvement Fund, subject to the council's yearly budget decisions: $4.7 million in fiscal 2027, $5,910,601.50 in fiscal 2028 and $6,008,289.33 in later years.

Ragle has completed one project for Transportation and Public Works in the past three years, with no change orders or liquidated damages, according to the city's contract history chart. The company committed to 18% participation by small businesses, above the city's 16.93% goal, and all of the spending would stay within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, the agenda item says.

About 6.38% of the prime contractor's workforce lives in Dallas.

The item is on the council's Nov. 10 agenda, which begins at 9 a.m. at City Hall and by videoconference. The agenda item lists the project as citywide and says the contract has no prior council action.

Sources

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