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Board approves Triangle Electrical for courthouse work, awards courthouse HVAC to low bidder
Summary
The board awarded the electrical contract for the Circuit Court upgrade to Triangle Electrical Corporation and selected the low bidder for the courthouse HVAC replacement after receiving two bids; one board member registered reservations about awarding contracts with limited competition.
The Patrick County Board of Supervisors approved an electrical contract for Circuit Court work and separately awarded the courthouse HVAC replacement to the lower of two bidders.
For the electrical portion, the board moved to award the contract to Triangle Electrical Corporation. One supervisor said he had reservations about awarding a contract when only one bid had been received for that portion of the work; despite that concern the motion passed by majority vote. For the HVAC work in the same project, staff presented two bids — roughly $98,000 and $103,000 — and the board voted to accept the lower bid.
A board member noted the courthouse’s age and suggested that the building’s characteristics may have limited contractor responses. Staff said some firms had inspected the site but submitted no bid. The board’s action authorized staff to proceed with the awarded contractors.
What’s next: Staff will execute contracts with Triangle Electrical Corporation for the electrical work and with the lower HVAC bidder for the mechanical replacement and schedule the work to proceed under the county’s contract terms.
