The Bullhead City Fire Department board has changed course and will seek a working relationship with the second bidder, not the lowest bidder, to create architectural drawings for a new Fire Station No. 2.
The lowest bidder, Artistic Drafting, didn’t have the required credentials for this type of job so the BCFD recommended the board opt to begin discussions with the next-lowest bidder, Seabury Fritz Architects Inc., of Fort Mohave, during a special meeting held Monday.
The board voted 5-0 to begin meeting with Seabury.
Artistic’s price was so low most likely because it wasn’t “a licensed architect,” said Fire Chief Patrick Moore.
Artistic created a preliminary project floor plan drawing earlier in the year that’s included in the information packet given to board members about the project last week and the board certified the finding of the department’s facilities committee last week that Artistic be the first choice for the job.