Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
DeKalb County School Board approves $5.63 million contract for CIP planning and management
Loading...
Summary
The DeKalb County Board of Education approved awarding RFP 25-752-004 to Hoare Program Management, LLC for capital improvement planning and program management, with a year‑one not‑to‑exceed amount of $5,630,326; the item passed on a 4–3 vote and was placed on the consent agenda.
Eric Hofstetter, the DeKalb County School District’s chief operating officer, asked the Board of Education to approve the award of RFP 25-752-004 for capital improvement program planning and management services to Hoare Program Management, LLC.
“It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education approve the award of RFP number 25-752-004, capital improvement program planning and management services to Hoare Program Management, LLC,” Hofstetter said, and told the board the district was seeking approval of a not-to-exceed amount of $5,630,326 for year one of services.
Hofstetter said the single contract will combine several CIP services—CIP planning, facility needs assessment and CIP program management—to improve the flow of information from identified needs through project scopes and construction. He told the board the contract’s annual cost will vary as projects are completed and new projects are approved and that projected costs will be adjusted each year as the contract is renewed.
Hofstetter said year-one planning services would be funded by a source he named in the transcript as “East Bloss 6 grama management,” and that the district will confirm the funding source each year and may move the work to another funding source if the originally named funds become insufficient for future renewals. He also said the work would begin data collection and planning for the district’s next major capital improvement funding cycle, which the transcript refers to as beginning in July 2027.
After the presentation, the board chair called for a motion. The transcript records a motion by Ms. Covertz and a second by Mr. Ziffer. The board took a show-of-hands vote; the chair announced that four members voted in favor and three opposed, and declared the motion passed, 4 approved, 3 opposed. The presenter had requested the item be placed on the consent agenda.
The meeting then concluded and the chair adjourned the 01/24/2025 virtual call.
Notes on transcription and unclear items: the transcript contains multiple probable transcription errors in agency and funding names (for example, the funding source is rendered as “East Bloss 6 grama management” and the planning-cycle label appears as "EASPLOS 7" in the transcript). Those phrases are quoted as they appear in the record and were not independently verified by the board during the discussion; the district will confirm funding sources and any formal program-cycle identifiers during contract execution.
