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Council approves subcontracts for Middletown middle-high school final cleaning, demolition and signage
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Council accepted recommended bidders for three subcontract packages for the new Middletown Middle-High School project and authorized the town administrator to notify Gilbane Building Company to award the subcontracts.
The Middletown Town Council approved the administration—s recommendations to award three subcontract packages for the new Middletown Middle-High School project and authorized the town administrator to notify construction manager Gilbane Building Company to issue the subcontracts.
Justin Bernard, senior project manager with Colliers Project Leaders, recommended awards for three subcontract trade packages: final cleaning (RTA 01C) to SOS Corporation for $265,000; demolition and abatement of the existing Gaudet School (RTA 02A) to Manafort Brothers Inc. for $1,795,000 (the recommendation included discussion of two alternates); and signage (RTA 10E) to HSI Construction Inc. for $249,980 with a $20,000 owner allowance for the monument sign, for a total RTA value of $269,980.
Bernard told the council the recommended final-cleaning bid was roughly $35,000 below the 60% construction document budget and included 25% minority business enterprise participation. For the demolition/abatement package, he said the recommended bid was $889,415 below the 60% construction budget and included 23.37% women business enterprise participation; the package contained two alternates (removal of existing FF&E for $181,500 and demolition/removal of a cell tower with a potential $8,500 deduct alternate). Bernard said Colliers recommended holding the FF&E alternate until facilities staff could decide whether to surplus the items in-house.
On signage, Bernard said the recommended firm, HSI Construction, provided 100% women business enterprise participation and that the recommended package remained under the construction-document budget.
After brief council questions, the council passed a resolution approving the recommendations and authorizing the town administrator to notify Gilbane to award the subcontracts. The transcript shows the chair called for the question, council members responded in the affirmative and the resolution was adopted; no roll-call tally appears in the record.
Council materials show Colliers and Gilbane evaluated multiple bids and cited minority and women-owned business participation as factors in the recommendations. Councilors asked procedural and budget-related questions; the project team indicated some alternate work remains under discussion so facilities staff can consider in-house surplus options before authorizing contractor removal.
