Middletown opens bids for multiple city contracts; referrals made to Commissioner of Public Works

The Middletown Board of Estimate opened and recorded competitive bids for multiple categories of city contracts — plumbing services for city facilities, HVAC, electrical work, disposal of construction-and-demolition debris, aluminum/metal appliances and cast iron disposal, chemicals and water-pipe materials — and referred the submissions to the Commissioner of Public Works for review and recommendation to the Common Council.

During the plumbing bid opening the presiding officer read several bids into the record. Steve Dodd Plumbing listed a regular rate of $1.20 per hour per man, overtime $1.80 per hour and Sundays/holidays $2.40 per hour. A second plumbing bidder (identified as Truex/Truax in the record) listed a regular rate of $1.05 per hour, overtime $1.625 and Sundays/holidays $2.75 per hour. Val Bruni Plumbing submitted a regular rate of $1.55 per hour, overtime…