Port of San Diego shifts bid award for Shelter Island parking lot project

SAN DIEGO—It wasn’t an episode of sour grapes, but two companies who lost out on a bid to re-pave Shelter Island’s waterfront parking lots challenged the Port of San Diego’s decision to go forward with MVC Enterprise, Inc. What would usually be a quick consent calendar vote on a contract award turned into a lengthy deliberation on the technicalities of the port district’s bidding process and whether MVC Enterprise followed proper protocols. The port district’s Board of Port Commissioners ultimately upheld the formal protest filed by TC Construction Co. and agreed MVC Enterprise’s bid was faulty. A second protest – filed by Eagle Paving Co. against TC Construction – was rejected. TC Construction, when all the dust was settled, was awarded the paving contract – at the expense of MVC Enterprise. The firm will begin working on a re-pavement project at parking lots 2 and 3, while also providing necessary pavement maintenance at lots 1A, 1B and 10. Lots 2, 3 and 10 are adjacent to Shelter Island Boat Launch Ramp, which was recently renovated. Santee-based TC Construction Co. originally finished second in bidding for the parking lot re-pavement project. A representative from TC Construction Co. said MVC Enterprise was not compliant with...