Larson Construction Co., of Independence, submitted a base bid of $129.5 million. Boyd Jones Construction, out of Omaha, Nebraska, with an office in Urbandale, had a base bid of $133 million.

The base bid was submitted for $25.5 million. That would cover plans for both MMS and for a multipurpose facility. Planned improvements to MMS include adding a bathroom to the school’s Moderate ...

“It was just right over our budget, but the problem with the base bid is that we were sprigging the field and not rolling sod.” The lowest bidder, GeoSurfaces, Inc. had a base bid of $129,000.