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Bossier Parish School Board approves procurement awards, surplus declarations and committee recommendations
Summary
The board voted to declare surplus items, issue solicitations, award an HVAC contract, accept multiple cooperative vendors for USDA commodity processing, and approved insurance renewals and committee reports.
At its Feb. 20 meeting the Bossier Parish School Board approved multiple procurement items and accepted committee reports covering insurance and finance matters.
The board declared items listed in the procurement memo surplus and authorized solicitations for a new stadium scoreboard at Haughton High School. Carrie Douglas, chief procurement officer, said the scoreboard work will be solicited due to estimated cost and that responses will be brought back for formal award.
The board awarded the HVAC replacement at TL Rhodes Elementary to Mechanical Cooling Services, citing the responsive low bid of $1,300,000 and authorized the superintendent to execute the resulting contract. “After opening each of those 4 bids with the responsive and responsible low bid of $1,300,000 we are requesting that the board award this project to Mechanical Cooling Services,” Douglas said.
In a separate procurement action, the board approved awards in response to RFP No. 26‑00 (Commodity Cooperative) for vendors to process USDA Foods for the district’s child‑nutrition program; Carrie Douglas said multiple proposals were received and staff recommended awards as listed in the bid tabulation.
The insurance committee, represented by Robert Bertrand, reported unanimous committee recommendations to approve excess property insurance for a one‑year term, accept LWCC’s proposal for one year, and approve life‑insurance renewal for 2025–26. The board voted to accept the committee’s recommendations.
The finance committee delivered a presentation of the district’s financial and single‑audit report and an Agreed‑Upon‑Procedures report for the Bossier Educational Excellence Fund. Audit representatives from Allen, Greene & Williamson presented the reports; the district’s CFO provided an update on audit findings and said the finance department will provide monthly financials to the board and quarterly finance‑committee meetings in response to the audit findings.
The board also approved trip requests and routine procurement items listed on the agenda. Minutes do not include roll‑call tallies for each motion but record that the items passed by voice vote or committee recommendation.
