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Commission reviews bid awards: county pest control contract and $804,000 HVAC rooftop-unit replacements at detention facility
Summary
County staff noted five bids were received for pest control covering 35 buildings and recommended Safeguard Pest Services; commissioners also reviewed a bid to replace 10 rooftop HVAC units at the detention facility for $804,000, citing units past their useful life; no final roll-call vote recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Montgomery County staff briefed commissioners on two contract-related items during the Aug. 6 information session: a bid award for pest control services and a separate bid to replace rooftop HVAC units at the county detention facility.
For pest control, staff said five firms submitted bids to service 35 county buildings. Staff recommended Safeguard Pest Services (listed in materials as Safeco/Safeguard) as a low-cost bidder. "There were 5 bidders. If you look at the 2 pages, there are 5 bidders. There are 35 buildings that they had to list," staff said. Commissioners asked who performed the service previously; staff said they would confirm past contractors and that the successful bidder must comply with contract terms.
On the detention facility HVAC work, staff recommended awarding a bid to Associated Mechanical Contractors Inc. to replace 10 rooftop HVAC units that are past their useful life. The replacement cost presented in the materials and by staff was $804,000. Staff explained the job is not part of the larger jail renovation bond work (J01) but a separate J02 project to avoid risking another summer or winter with failing units.
Commissioners expressed support for addressing aging HVAC equipment after reports of air-conditioning outages in some county buildings. The transcript records discussion and confirmation of bid submissions and recommended awards, but no roll-call vote on the awards appears in the provided excerpt.
