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Board awards AHU contract for Central Maintenance Building; project under bond budget
Summary
The board voted to award bids to replace aging air-handler units at the Central Maintenance Building, a bond-funded project that district staff said is about $1.2 million under budget after awarding alternates for controls, LED lighting and upgraded sprinkler fixtures.
The MSD Southwest Allen County Schools Board of Trustees voted to award bids to replace the Central Maintenance Building’s air-handling units, a system the district said dates to 1972.
The decision matters for facilities and safety: the recommended award covers new air-handler units and three alternates that upgrade building controls, replace LED lighting while ceiling work is completed, and update sprinkler fixtures. District staff said the project is part of the bond issuance approved in fall 2024 and that, after including these alternates, the round of spring bid awards is roughly $1.2 million under the allocated bond budget.
District operations staff presented the bid recommendation at the meeting and said the air-handler units are original to 1972 and were included in the most recent bond program. A board member asked that staff email the bid-tabulation form to trustees for review; staff agreed to do so. The board then approved the recommendation by voice vote. The transcript records the motion and a second but does not record individual roll-call vote tallies.
District staff noted that the awarded package will update controls and fire-sprinkler fixtures and include LED lighting replacements where ceilings are opened for the mechanical work. No contractor names or contract amounts were read into the public transcript at the meeting.
