Albany City Board of Contract and Supply moves to advertise pool-chemical bids and accepts multiple construction contracts

At the June 17, 2025, meeting of Albany City’s Board of Contract and Supply, the board authorized the director to advertise for bids for Lincoln Park pool treatment chemicals and recorded resolutions awarding multiple construction contracts and authorizing the mayor to sign them.

The Recreation Department’s proposal authorized advertising for bids with proposals due by 12 p.m. on July 8, 2025, and opening at the board’s July 8 meeting. The resolution requires each bidder to provide a bid deposit equal to 5% of the total bid (bond or certified check) as a condition of contract award.

Several award resolutions were recorded on behalf of city departments: - Complete Streets and Lead Service Replacement Project 25, Contract 2 (Engineering): low bidder Peter Luigi and Brothers Contracting Inc., bid amount $6,294,475.00. The resolution directs award to the lowest qualified bidder and authorizes the mayor to execute the contract. - A project listed as "Project Albany Speed Month 2025" (transcript label) showing a base bid of $685,140 by the same bidder group (transcript phrasing garbled); the board record lists the project but the transcript does not supply additional scope or a clear bidder name beyond the previously noted contractor. - Fairbush Filtration Plant water fluoridation, general construction: Ballard Construction Inc., bid amount $1,282,300. - Court resurfacing at City Parks: low bidder recorded as "Still Tow Us" (transcript phonetic); bid amount $485,300. - Central Ave and Everett Road resurfacing: Newcastle Pave Paving LLC, base bid 1 $3,998,700.35; base bid 2 $333,701.00; total $4,332,401.35. A bid alternate noted in the transcript was excluded from the award.

Individuals identified in the record offered the resolutions (for example, a speaker identified as "Mr. Liqui" and another as "Mr. Lacrieve" are recorded as offering resolutions for specific projects). For the Fairbush filtration and other awards, Frank Dioli of the Department of General Services was listed as present for the record. The transcript records the standard resolution language that the named bidders were the "lowest qualified bidder" and authorizes the mayor to sign contracts; explicit roll-call vote tallies for each award are not included in the transcript excerpt.

The board closed the agenda after the awards and moved to adjourn.