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Mount Vernon opens bids for sewer cleaning and pest-control RFPs; red-light camera procurement extended to May
Summary
The City of Mount Vernon opened vendor submissions for a sewer system cleaning and an accompanying pest-control request for proposals on April 29, 2025, recording multiple bids. The city also extended the deadline for a separate red-light camera procurement to May 19, with opening May 20, after low initial contractor responses.
The Mount Vernon Board of Estimating Contracts opened bids April 29 for a sewer system cleaning and investigation contract and for pest‑control services, and the board voted to extend a separate red‑light camera procurement to May 19, 2025, with bids to be opened May 20.
City staff announced the sewer cleaning solicitation had been advertised in the Journal News on April 7 and posted on BidNet; the pest‑control RFP was advertised April 9 and also posted on BidNet. Staff said notices were posted on the city website, the municipal bulletin board, the rotunda and social media.
In the sewer bid opening, the clerk read several vendor submissions and bid totals as recorded: Instaform Technology LLC (580 Goddard Ave., Chester, MO) — $1,450,450 (as read); National Water Main Cleaning Company (1806 Newark Turnpike, Kearny, NJ) — transcript reads multiple figures including $2,210,120 and later $2,744,390 for a National Water entry; Tully Environmental (d/b/a Clearbrook, 15 Green St., Bayshore, NY) — pricing read but the bid sheet required further review; Arco Environmental (50 George Ave., Lindenhurst, NY) — $1,813,700 (as read). The board recorded that bid bonds of 5% were included where required.
For the pest‑control RFPs, staff opened multiple submissions, including Pest Terminators (Melville, NY), DBM Pest Control (Bronx, NY), Scurry Inc. (New York, NY), Top Level Pest Control (Hartsdale, NY) and Nature Plus Control (Staten Island, NY). Those RFPs were presented as proposals including schedule‑based pricing rather than sealed bid bonds; staff said no performance bond was required for the pest control RFPs.
Council President Brown urged additional outreach to parties that had previously expressed interest, saying the city should “send a special notice to those who we've already known have expressed interest,” after staff said a pre‑bid conference on April 24 drew one contractor plus four representatives in person and that no sealed red‑light camera bids had been received for the originally scheduled opening date.
The board confirmed the red‑light camera solicitation is now due May 19 at 3 p.m., with an opening scheduled May 20. No award decisions were made at the April 29 meeting; the board recorded the receipt and public reading of the bids.
Why it matters: the sewer cleaning contract and related infrastructure procurements are among the city’s larger vendor contracts and can affect pavement restoration schedules and sewer maintenance operations. The red‑light camera contract was noted in the city budget as a revenue source; council members emphasized the need to accelerate procurement because the expected revenue was significant for the city’s financial plan.
The clerk recorded the bids on the public record and the board closed the public bid opening portion of the meeting before moving to the regular agenda. Further review of bid documents, conformity with specifications and procurement evaluation will occur in staff procurement files prior to award.
