FPUD to re-bid new coating for Sandia and Bucknell reservoirs

The Fallbrook Public Utility District received only one bid for the recoating of the district’s Sandia and Bucknell reservoirs, so FPUD will solicit bids once again.

A 5-0 FPUD board vote, Dec. 13, rejected the only bid which had been received by the Dec. 5 bid opening date and directed staff to re-bid the project.

“We rejected all the bids, and we’re re-bidding the project,” FPUD general manager Jack Bebee said. “Following the board meeting, we re-advertised it, and it will probably come back to the board in January.”

In 2012, FPUD developed a 10-year program to recoat all of the district’s s...