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Warren County awards $1.114M sprinkler contract for roads facility to meet fire code
Summary
After rebidding a required retrofit, the Warren County Board awarded Henkel Construction a $1,114,000 contract (base bid plus alternate) to install sprinkler/fire-protection systems at the secondary roads facility; the board said the work is required by Iowa fire code and will be funded from reserves across two fiscal years.
The Warren County Board on Dec. 2 approved a contract award of $1,114,000 to Henkel Construction to install a sprinkler system and fire-protection upgrades at the county's secondary roads facility.
County engineer Tim (speaker 16) reported bids from three contractors: Henkel (base $1,063,000; alternate +$51,000 = $1,114,000), Edge Commercial (base $1,097,500; alt +$67,000 = $1,164,500) and DDVI (base $1,250,000; alt +$125,000 = $1,375,000). Tim said the project was budgeted at about $800,000 initially and that the retrofit complexity for an existing concrete building—plus state fire-code requirements—help explain higher bids. He recommended awarding Henkel with the alternate that places the pump in a separate exterior building to preserve interior mechanical space.
Supervisors noted earlier bids had been as high as $2 million and commended the engineer and staff for reducing costs to roughly $1.1 million. The board approved the motion to award Henkel Construction the contract with alternate 1 on roll call. The county plans to pay a portion this fiscal year and the remainder in the next fiscal year from reserves; Tim said the installed pump and tank will serve future on-site buildings, lowering incremental costs for future expansions.
A resident who lost her home in a past fire later told the board she supported sprinkler installations and relayed long volunteer-response times in rural areas, underscoring the safety rationale for the project.
