Albany Board of Contract advertises bids, opens offers and approves multiple contract awards including City Hall roof change order
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Summary
The City of Albany board authorized advertisements for multiple projects, opened several bids and recorded award recommendations for cleaning, water-supply and maintenance contracts; the City Hall roof replacement received a $24,692.21 change order increasing the contract value.
The City of Albany Board of Contract and Supply moved to advertise bids for several municipal projects, opened multiple bid packages and put forward awards for a range of vendor contracts during the meeting.
Board members (recorded presenters include a sequence of council/board members identified in the transcript) authorized advertising for maintenance and rework contracts for city-owned buildings, the Tricentennial Park brief construction project, custodial services for the Albany Water Department, the 628 Delaware Avenue roof replacement, and supply/installation of bark mulch. The record specifies that proposals for many projects are to be received at regular meetings on March 4, 2025 or March 18, 2025, and that many solicitations will require a bid deposit equal to 5% of the total bid in the form of a bid bond or certified check (the transcript notes some solicitations without a deposit requirement).
The board opened bids for several contracts, including a complete street and lead service replacement contract (multiple bidders listed in the record with large-base bids noted for some firms), fire alarm/ sprinkler system inspection and service contracts (bids from Johnson Controls and Parkside Fire & Security recorded), and printing and binding services (one incomplete bid from Cathedral Corporation was noted).
Award recommendations recorded in the transcript included: Mavis for an oil-change and related maintenance project for police vehicles (bid items and unit prices recorded in the file); Ferguson Waterworks and other water-supply vendors for multiple group awards on the 2025 water and sewer supplies projects; American Commercial Cleaning for commercial cleaning services for the Albany Police Department; and Train To Go Services LLC for citywide cleaning services. The purchasing record also shows a change order to the City Hall roof replacement contract increasing the contract by $24,692.21 to a new total of $9,377,692.21. The board approved one-year contract extensions for several vehicle tire/maintenance contracts under the same terms and conditions.
Many monetary figures and some bidder names in the transcript are inconsistently transcribed. Where the transcript provides a clear numeric amount (for example, the City Hall roof change order), that amount is reported here; other bid amounts in the transcript should be confirmed against the official bid tabulation and award documents before publication.
No contested award protests or legal challenges were recorded in the portion of the transcript provided.
