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WILD HORSE RANCH WWTP EXPANSION

MATOUS CONSTRUCTION LTD

also known as MATOUS CONSTRUCTION

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Construction

This is a construction contract with MATOUS CONSTRUCTION LTD to deliver “WILD HORSE RANCH WWTP EXPANSION”. The city authorized spending up to $69,588,255, and $60,988,496 has been paid so far (88% of the ceiling).

Authorized (spending ceiling)

$69,588,255

Ordered / committed

$69,588,255 (100%)

Actually paid

$60,988,496 (88%)

from 39 checks in the city checkbook

Contract record lists $9,743,816 in its delivery-order field — understates actual checks.

Timeline

Jul 14, 2023 → —

Kicked off Apr 27, 2023 · last check Jul 22, 2026

Why this status?

Fully committed but $8,599,759 ordered is not yet paid — is the work being delivered?
High-dollar contract ($69,588,255) — worth periodic review.
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

39 checkbook lines totaling $60,333,720 are booked directly against this contract — this is the amount actually paid.

The contract’s own record lists $9,743,816 in its “delivery-order referenced” field — a $50,589,904 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) · Wastewater Improvements--Nva$60,333,720 (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 SERVICES, HEAVY$60,333,720 (100%)

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

See all 39 individual checks

DateAmountProject / fundWhat forStatus

Jun 17, 2026$634,236Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

May 21, 2026$511,491Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Apr 24, 2026$1,084,256Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Mar 17, 2026$1,077,807Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Feb 19, 2026$1,035,443Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Feb 3, 2026$1,644,834Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Dec 17, 2025$1,046,467Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Nov 17, 2025$661,783Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Oct 24, 2025$1,250,888Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Sep 18, 2025$892,811Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Aug 14, 2025$2,255,876Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jul 22, 2025$1,289,908Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jun 17, 2025$2,150,676Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

May 27, 2025$2,545,913Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Apr 23, 2025$1,692,761Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Mar 28, 2025$2,116,804Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Feb 24, 2025$2,352,045Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jan 22, 2025$1,363,488Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Dec 17, 2024$1,951,957Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Nov 20, 2024$825,078Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Oct 18, 2024$2,428,075Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Sep 25, 2024$2,871,170Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Aug 23, 2024$1,030,036Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jul 22, 2024$2,021,397Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jun 25, 2024$1,221,430Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

May 30, 2024$1,875,600Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

May 2, 2024$1,701,815Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Mar 20, 2024$1,711,527Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Feb 23, 2024$2,080,503Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jan 12, 2024$2,127,026Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Dec 20, 2023$3,136,805Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Nov 27, 2023$1,651,730Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Oct 16, 2023$252,600Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Sep 20, 2023$1,946,562Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Sep 6, 2023$1,550,690Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jul 20, 2023$749,960Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Jun 26, 2023$923,039Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

May 17, 2023$395,675Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Apr 27, 2023$2,273,560Treatment Plant 4570 ParentWastewater Improvements--NvaCONSTRUCTION SERVICES, HEAVYPaid

Linked via the contract number appearing as a payment’s source document (rf_doc_id = 22120200114) in the Austin checkbook. See all payments to this vendor →

Accountability

Administered by

Contract and Land Management Department

Delivered by (1 firm)

MATOUS CONSTRUCTION LTD

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 CLMC924 (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 22120200114 (CT) · Department 6100 · Managed by Contract and Land Management Department · Competitive Acquisition
From snapshot 2026-07-28.

Austin Active Contracts dataset (84ih-p28j) →