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POLYBUTYLENE WATER SERVICES REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

AUSTIN UNDERGROUND INC
NominalComplete — fully paid
Construction

This is a construction contract with AUSTIN UNDERGROUND INC to deliver “POLYBUTYLENE WATER SERVICES REPLACEMENT PROGRAM”. The city authorized spending up to $9,105,680, and $8,775,390 has been paid so far (96% of the ceiling).

Authorized (spending ceiling)
$9,105,680
Ordered / committed
$9,105,680 (100%)
Actually paid
$8,775,390 (96%)
from 30 checks in the city checkbook
Contract record lists $5,340,074 in its delivery-order field — understates actual checks.
Timeline
Jul 5, 2023 → —
Kicked off May 16, 2022 · last check Dec 2, 2025

Why this status?

  • No expiration date on record — timeline signals can't be computed.

These are transparent signals, not judgments. A large unspent balance may be a legitimate multi-year ceiling or indefinite-delivery contract.

Payments on this contract

30 checkbook lines totaling $8,775,390 are booked directly against this contract — this is the amount actually paid.
The contract’s own record lists $5,340,074 in its “delivery-order referenced” field — a $3,435,316 understatement. That field only counts payments made through delivery orders, so we treat the checkbook total above as the real amount paid.
Where the money came fromEnterprise (fee-supported) · 100%
Enterprise (fee-supported) · Water Improvements--Nva$8,775,390 (100%)

Funding source is read from the fund each check was drawn on. It tells you who is accountable: voters & Council for bond/general-capital money, ratepayers & utility commissions for enterprise money, Council for the General Fund.

What the money paid for
Construction, Water System, Main and Service Line$8,775,390 (100%)

Grouped from the city’s own line-item descriptions. Vague or generic labels are themselves a transparency signal worth questioning.

See all 30 individual checks
DateAmountProject / fundWhat forStatus
Dec 2, 2025$632Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 17, 2025$110Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 20, 2025$7,483Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 24, 2025$80,187Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 2, 2025$188,980Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jan 22, 2025$130,646Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Dec 31, 2024$119,973Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Nov 22, 2024$152,365Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Nov 6, 2024$192,321Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 16, 2024$114,258Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Sep 13, 2024$119,922Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Aug 7, 2024$177,365Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 27, 2024$139,613Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 23, 2024$155,521Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 17, 2024$153,890Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Apr 4, 2024$551,339Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Mar 21, 2024$644,524Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jan 29, 2024$336,757Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Dec 7, 2023$169,430Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Oct 5, 2023$188,708Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Sep 7, 2023$427,569Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jul 20, 2023$427,040Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 27, 2023$643,905Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jun 9, 2023$548,874Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 24, 2023$254,260Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 8, 2023$291,561Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Jan 20, 2023$592,065Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Nov 17, 2022$716,366Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
Sep 2, 2022$445,652Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid
May 16, 2022$804,075Polybutylene Services Replacement ProgramWater Improvements--NvaConstruction, Water System, Main and Service LinePaid

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = 21121400227) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by
Contract and Land Management Department
Delivered by (1 firm)
AUSTIN UNDERGROUND INC

We couldn’t automatically match this contract to a City Council vote (the voting-record dataset starts in 2023, and older or consent-agenda items may not match by name). Most contracts are approved collectively on the Council consent agenda — so accountability runs through the managing department above and the Council vote on the award date, not an individual sponsor.

Documents & oversight

Contract type
Direct contract — billed against this contract number.
Find the solicitation package on Austin Finance Online →

Search solicitation CLMC850 (IFB) to open the original scope of work, bid documents, and the executed contract.

Assessing delivery vs. commitment: Austin doesn’t publish structured project milestones, so we can’t auto-verify that the work matches the contract. What we can do is show what the money was invoiced for (above) and link the approved scope — then, where it matters, dispatch a Spotter to confirm the work on the ground. Contracts whose purpose is well-documented vs. vague is exactly the signal that tells us where to look first.

Source & provenance

Contract number 21121400227 (CT) · Department 6100 · Managed by Contract and Land Management Department · Competitive Acquisition
From snapshot 2026-07-28.

Austin Active Contracts dataset (84ih-p28j) →