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Pulaski council opens bids for multiple city projects, refers awards to staff and engineers
Summary
Council opened bids for a City Hall HVAC upgrade, a corporate hangar at Aberrante Field and demolition of the Merco building, and referred each set of bids to staff and the city engineer with authority to award pending review and any required intergovernmental concurrence.
The Pulaski City Council opened competitive bids for three capital projects and referred each procurement package to the city administrator, public works director and the city engineer for review and authority to award.
City staff opened bids for the HVAC replacement at City Hall and explained two options: one using a variable refrigerant flow system with a dedicated outside air system and an alternate approach that would place the basement on a packaged unit. Chris Gresham, the mechanical engineer on the project, described the technical difference: "The idea between option A and option B... 1 option provides for a dedicated outside air system that delivers fresh air into the building ... The other option puts the basement level on a packaged unit ... and this upstairs will be served by that variable refrigerant flow system." The council discussed received bids and then voted to refer the bids to the city administrator, public-works director and engineer with authority to award.
Bids on the HVAC package included a base bid recorded as $1,194,200 and an alternate package reported at $1,113,365; the council did not award a contract at the meeting and instructed staff to review the proposals and exercise award authority.
On the airport project, staff said the city applied to Tennessee Department of Transportation Aeronautics for a grant to build a roughly 12,000-square-foot corporate hangar at Aberrante Field Airport. Staff described the planned building as a prefabricated metal hangar with concrete floor, two gas-fired heaters and LED lighting. Council opened multiple bids for that project and referred them to city staff and the engineer with authority to award; staff noted the project will likely require concurrence with Giles County because it is a joint city-county project.
For the Merco building demolition, the council opened bids that included offers of about $448,123.62, $232,000 and $241,120 for total demolition options. Councilmembers directed staff to review the bids and awarded authority to the city administrator and public works director, with engineering review.
All three referral motions passed on roll call. Councilmembers said the referrals were routine steps to allow staff and the city engineer to examine bid documents, confirm scope and proceed with procurement under the city's procurement rules.
