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Board opens bids for parking management, water meters and four resurfacing contracts; several cover‑sheet discrepancies referred to law
Summary
Baltimore City procurement staff opened public bids on March 19 for parking garage management, water‑meter connectors and four resurfacing contracts, reading prices and noting several clerical addendum/cover‑sheet mismatches that were referred to the Law Department for review.
Baltimore City procurement staff opened bids on March 19 for multiple solicitations, including parking garage management, water‑meter expansion connectors and four highway resurfacing contracts. Staff read the price submissions aloud, recorded bid bonds where provided and noted several instances where addenda or cover sheets appeared to be mismatched to the interior documents; those cases will be referred to the Law Department and the procuring agencies for review.
Key items and bids opened (summary of bids announced in the public opening):
- RFP 000650, management of parking garages (price opening, Part B): PMS Parking Incorporated — $278,400; SP Plus Corporation — $806,400.
- RFQ 000689, water meter expansion connectors (list prices): Ferguson Enterprises — list prices submitted (no single total amount provided; referred to the agency for review).
- TR25007, resurfacing of highways, Northeast Sector 1: M. Louise Construction — $3,973,786; Penneagua Enterprises — $5,346,245; P. Flanagan & Sons — $3,544,000; Grama & Son — $3,779,000.
- TR25008, resurfacing of highways, Northwest Sector 2: M. Louise Construction — $3,898,383; P. Flanagan & Sons — $4,273,899; Grama & Son — $3,789,000.
- TR25009, resurfacing of highways, Southwest Sector 3: M. Louise Construction — $3,864,002; P. Flanagan & Sons — $3,847,284.
- TR25010, resurfacing of highways, Southeast Sector 4: M. Louise Construction — $3,961,199; Penneagua Enterprises — $5,225,625; Grama & Son — $3,965,600; P. Flanagan & Sons — $3,944,516.
Procurement staff cautioned that a number of submissions had top pages or addenda stapled from the wrong contract (for example, a front addendum labeled TR25008 but interior pages labeled TR25010). Those mismatches are clerical and will be reviewed by the Law Department and by the procuring agencies before award decisions are made. "We are referring a few items to law as we speak," procurement staff said, and that bid tabulations should be posted by close of business the same day if there are no outstanding questions.
Why it matters: Public bid openings record the prices submitted and verify bid bond/security presence; they are the start of the competitive procurement review that may lead to contract awards affecting city street resurfacing schedules and parking services.
Next steps: Procurement staff said the results will be posted to the comptroller's bid tabulations page by COB March 19 or as soon as Law and the agencies finish clerical reviews.
