The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will be voting to consider awarding a contract for the Benicia High School stadium renovation project to the lowest bidder at its regular meeting Thursday.

The stadium renovation is one of the districtwide projects to be financed through Measure S, an initiative approved by voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding to be spent on facilities at each of the district’s seven schools. The stadium project is one of the largest projects to be funded through Measure S, and it will feature an 8-lane all-weather track, improved lighting, a redesigned entryway and bleachers that can seat up to 3,300 people.

At its March 17 meeting, the board voted to move forward with a general bidding process to select a contractor. According to a document put together by Measure S Bond Director Roxanne Egan, the general bidding process produced three finalists: Bothman Construction of Santa Clara, McGuire and Hester of Oakland, and Roebbelen Contracting of El Dorado Hills. Bothman was considered to be the lowest bidder with a base bid of $8,505,000 and additive alternates of $295,400 for a total of $9,100,400. Excluded from this pricing are the cost of team buildings and storage buildings, which will be provided by a separate contract for renovated buildings.

The board will be voting to approve the bid to Bothman. Additionally, it will be voting to approve change orders for the project to not exceed 3 percent of the contract price. This will allow the project to have minor construction changes in case of unforeseen circumstances without delaying the construction or prompting additional board meetings.

The stadium renovation project will begin some time this month and is expected to be completed in October. Benicia High’s campus will be closed during this time, which means that summer school classes will be held at Liberty High School, which lasts from June 20 to July 15.

In other business, the board will be voting to renew Superintendent Charles Young’s contract through 2019 as well as the Local Control Accountability Plan and 2016-17 budget.

The board will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, in the Benicia Unified School District Board Room at the district building on 350 East K Street. There will be an earlier closed session at 6:45 p.m. as well as an open study session on the stadium project at 5:30 p.m.

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