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Finance committee continues review of $1.3M PBPA shoring contract after procurement, transparency questions
Summary
Committee members paused approval of a roughly $1.3 million shoring contract handled by the Providence Public Buildings Authority, citing concerns about direct procurement, public bidding, invoice transparency and a potential conflict of interest; the committee asked for legal review and additional documents.
The Providence City Committee on Finance on Jan. 23 considered a Providence Public Buildings Authority (PBPA) contract award for structural shoring and temporary work at the city’s Department of Public Works complex and voted to continue the item after extensive questioning about procurement and payments.
PBPA representatives said the work addressed a life-safety concern: an engineer’s inspection identified a failing wall and a need to remove vehicle operations from beneath a roof. The PBPA presentation described a rapid timeline to shore or otherwise protect the facility before winter, said the authority had run a procurement process directed to a set list of vendors and that the recommended bidder was Agostini (listed in packet as “Agustin/Agostini”) with a contract amount reported in the packet at approximately…
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