The nine bids the town has received to build a new animal control facility are all more expensive than the money the town has for the project. The bids open Tuesday ranged from $2.74 million to $3.53 million. The town though has $2.67 million after receiving a $2 million state Community Investment Fund grant in June. This is the second time the town has asked contractors to submit bids to build a new facility to replace the current one at 225 Maple Ave., which has been cited repeatedly for violations of state animal shelter guidelines. Bunnell and May said the bids have been sent to Silver Petrucelli & Associates, which will evaluate them based on the cost and contractors’ ability to perform the work. If nothing were to change, the town would need to find at least $70,000 to pay a contractor to complete the project work. May said the town now has two options, either ask the contractors to provide a cheaper price or appropriate additional town money. The low bid, courtesy of Manchester-based Orlando Annulli and Sons Inc., was $2.74 million. The highest bid came in at $3.53 million from Griswold-based D/E/F Services Group. Ltd.
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