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Board approves $957,000 boiler replacement for Midway and Dinwiddie Elementary
Summary
The board approved a nearly $1 million contract to replace boilers at Dinwiddie Elementary and Midway Elementary, funded from the county capital improvements program; staff said work will be scheduled to avoid school closures.
The Dinwiddie County School Board approved awarding a retrofit contract to replace boilers at Dinwiddie Elementary School and Midway Elementary School for $957,000, to be funded from the county capital improvement program for fiscal year 2025.
A school facilities presenter described the procurement history and the district’s plan, saying the emergency replacement for the middle school had already been procured earlier and that the current contract would complete replacement work at the two elementary schools. The presenter said, “We have finished that procurement. We did get 3 bids. The low bid was to retrofit services. We were comfortable with that. We've dealt with them in the past.”
On scheduling and school operations, the presenter told the board the contractor would stage work to avoid closing schools: “They're gonna try to, because that that school can operate, especially during the warmer months, it can operate on 1 boiler. So we're gonna ask them to try to work, on disconnect 1 boiler, keep 1 connected, replace it, then connect that 1, disconnect the other so we don't have to miss any school.” The presenter said the package will be funded by the county CIP for FY25.
Board members voted to accept the recommendation to award the contract by voice vote.
The district said the middle-school emergency repair will proceed under the earlier procurement and that the elementary installations will be scheduled to begin after the school year ends. The board did not read the contractor’s full proposal into the record during the meeting; the procurement packet and contract documents contain the detailed technical specifications and warranty information.
