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Board approves contracts for new Animal Care Services shelter: kennels, furniture and equipment
Summary
The Board of Business and Neighborhood Services on Oct. 23 approved three procurements for the new Animal Care Services shelter: a $1.31 million kennel package, $157,093.55 in furniture, and an equipment package capped at $700,000. The purchases are funded from bond proceeds and related project accounts.
The Board of Business and Neighborhood Services approved three procurements on Oct. 23 to outfit the new Animal Care Services (ACS) shelter under construction.
Abby Brands, director of the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services, told the board, "Staff recommends this board approve and authorize the director to enter into a new supply agreement with Patterson Veterinary Supply Inc for the capital purchase and delivery of 496 configurable modular Sani kennel units with glass fronts for the new Animal Care Services Agency shelter currently under construction." She said the board was also being asked to approve a vendor for the shelter furniture package and an operations equipment package.
The approvals matter because they finalize purchases needed for the new shelter to open. Brands said the purchases were procured with the city's project team and purchasing division and that the shelter design…
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