The Prattville Autauga Creek bid opening is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, in the City Hall Council Chambers. The city updated the event date on Oct. 19, moving it to Oct. 28.
Residents and contractors should use the updated calendar heading and notice. Older text embedded in the city description still refers to an earlier Oct. 8 deadline, so the live update is important.
Prattville Autauga Creek bid opening details
The City of Prattville event notice provides the current meeting details.
| Item | Confirmed detail |
|---|---|
| Project | Autauga Creek CWF 2025 Improvements |
| Bid number | 026-010 |
| Revised opening | Oct. 28, 2026, at 2 p.m. CDT |
| Scheduled window | 2 to 2:30 p.m. |
| Location | City Hall Council Chambers, 101 West Main Street, Prattville |
The city’s weekly calendar also places the event on Oct. 28. That second official listing supports the revised date shown in the event heading.
Why two dates appear on the city page
The event page carries an update stating that the new bid date is Oct. 28, but its longer description preserves language from the earlier solicitation timeline. That older paragraph says bids would be received Oct. 8.
When an updated heading conflicts with unchanged background text, readers should follow the explicit dated update and confirm the live page before traveling or delivering a time-sensitive submission. Contractors should use the solicitation portal and official addenda for controlling submission requirements.
What happens at a public bid opening
A public opening records bids received by the deadline and reads the submissions as the procurement rules require. It is not necessarily a contract award.
The city may still review responsiveness, qualifications, arithmetic, bonds, required forms and other specifications. A low number read aloud at the meeting should not be reported as a winning contract unless the city later issues an award.
What the notice does not establish
The current calendar entry does not identify the bidders, submitted prices, final project cost or selected contractor. It also does not say that construction begins immediately after the opening.
Those facts should come from a later tabulation, council record, notice of award or contract document. Treating the opening as a final decision would overstate the public record.
A public-record checklist after the opening
Four records can clarify what happens next: the bid tabulation, any recommendation from staff or the project engineer, the council agenda or minutes, and the formal notice of award. Each document answers a different question, so one should not be used as a substitute for another.
The tabulation shows what was read or recorded. A recommendation may identify problems with a bid or explain the evaluation. Council records can show authorization, while the award document identifies the city’s final procurement action. If no later record is posted immediately, that delay is not evidence that the project was canceled or awarded privately.
Following the Prattville Autauga Creek bid opening through those records keeps the public timeline accurate after the envelopes are opened.
Readers sharing an update should link the official document and state its date. That keeps an early bid number from being mistaken for a final contract amount.
How residents can follow the project
Residents can monitor the city’s bid calendar and council materials after Oct. 28 for the next documented action. Save the bid number, 026-010, because project names can appear in shortened form on later agendas.
Anyone planning to attend should recheck the city page on the morning of the event for another date, time or venue update. The scheduled location is the Council Chambers at 101 West Main Street.
The useful takeaway is that the Prattville Autauga Creek bid opening is set for Oct. 28 at 2 p.m., while any award must be confirmed through a later official record.
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