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Finance committee continues review of Providence Public Buildings Authority emergency shoring work after procurement questions
Summary
The Providence Public Buildings Authority told the finance committee Jan. 23 that it had used its procurement authority to carry out emergency shoring work at a DPW site; committee members raised transparency and procurement-process questions and asked for further documentation.
The Providence Public Buildings Authority (PBA) appeared before the Committee on Finance Jan. 23 to discuss an emergency shoring and safety project at a city Department of Public Works facility and related procurement and payment activity from late 2023. The PBA sought committee acknowledgment of the procurement path and of a request not-to-exceed roughly $1.3 million for the work.
PBA presenters said the project addressed an urgent life-safety need at the DPW complex identified during design and feasibility work for a larger DPW replacement project. The PBA described a compressed…
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