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Sedgwick County agenda previews large bid board: street work, jail design, IT services and uniforms among items

Sedgwick County Commission · October 31, 2025

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Summary

County staff outlined 13 regular bid-board items and several fire-related bids, covering public-works contracts, architectural work on the jail, vehicle and equipment purchases for the sheriff and fire departments, IT data-center services and software, public-safety uniforms, sign-language services and the annual auditing contract.

Tom, a county staff member, and Joe Thomas, identified as the presenter for the bid board, summarized a large procurement slate that will appear on the commission's agenda. Items described in the transcript include:

- Street and drainage improvements contract for public works. - Relocation of overhead electric lines at a construction site (130 Fifth and 50 Third Street). - Architectural and engineering design work for the jail. - An online learning library contract for human-resources training. - Purchase of sheriff vehicles (Durangos). - A John Deere compact tractor with loader and a rock-brush grapple for public works. - IT and data-center procurements: Microsoft licenses; juvenile data-center UPS AirRM service; 9-1-1 data-center UPS AirRM service; forensic evidence software for the sheriff's office. - Public-safety uniforms and a web-based ordering system for county departments. - On-call sign-language services. - The county's annual auditing contract with the firm referenced in the transcript as "Forbes Bazaar."

The bid board also includes separate fire-department items: a Masimo Rad-57 handheld triage device and multiple command/crew vehicles (four-wheel drive crew-cab trucks with different bed lengths and configurations). The transcript presents these items as agenda and consent/regular business; no final votes, award decisions or contract amounts are recorded in the provided excerpt.

Staff indicated Scott (IT) is available for technical questions on Microsoft and other IT items. The presentation was an item-by-item preview; commissioners did not vote on awards in the excerpt provided.