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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
The developer is donating it from the stone they gather in clearing the new areas.
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More like the Developer has rock to get rid of and found someone to remove the excess for him.
Stone/rock has minimal value, the cost of stone/rock is in sorting, processing and transportation.
As usual, the Developer has come with a self-serving plan and it looks suspiciously like the District circumvented procurement standards, by "accepting a donation" of materials (without the normal public process) and then forcing the project Contractor to process, sort and transport those materials as part of his bid. Clever.
(Yes, I read the entire 60 page Bidding Documents. It is REQUIRED that the Contractor use the "free rock" that was "donated" by the Developer, regardless of the Contractor's potential to obtain the specified material at a lower cost. The bid also leaves open the question, if the donated rock/stone is suitable and can be processed to meet FDOT standards.)
Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.