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Albany City solicits bids for multiple services and awards forklift contract to low bidder
Summary
At its Dec. 2 Contract & Supply meeting, Albany City authorized advertisements for bids on multiple upcoming procurements (aggregates, tires, generators, seasonal planting, maintenance) and accepted a low bid of $37,576 from Octane Fork Forklift to supply a forklift for the Albany Water Board.
Albany City moved forward with a slate of procurement actions at its Contract & Supply meeting on Dec. 2, authorizing solicitations for multiple goods and services and awarding a small equipment contract.
An official on the record (identified in the transcript as S2) read resolutions directing the city secretary or authorizing director to advertise for bids for work on city-owned buildings, fine and coarse aggregates, and 2026 water and sewer bulk supplies; the solicitation due date for several items was set for Dec. 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m., with a bid deposit requirement equal to 5% of the total bid unless otherwise noted.
Additional solicitations offered included annual flowers for the spring/summer/fall season and preventative maintenance and repair contracts for grounds and equipment, with proposals due Jan. 6, 2026. One item (medium and heavy-duty transitional parts and related preventative maintenance) was added after an omission was identified and the secretary was authorized to advertise that procurement as well.
The meeting record includes vendor pricing read into the transcript: for landfill recycle daily cover, one firm (Bovona General Contractors) submitted $13.17 per ton with a minimum of 59 tons; another (Constantine Construction) submitted $14.86 per ton. The transcript also shows hydrated lime slurry priced at $638 per dry ton plus a $500 drop shipment fee, and standby-generator-related bids with base numbers read for specific sites (Dilsing Electric $366,000; Huddl boom $486,000; Empire Electric $319,500). Transcript noise and formatting made some quantity figures unclear; the record flags a value transcribed as "59,000 tons" that appears inconsistent with surrounding context and is noted here for verification.
On procurement awards, the Albany Water Board’s purchase of a forklift was resolved in the meeting record: the low qualified bid was Octane Fork Forklift at $37,576, with the bid received Nov. 5; the resolution authorized the mayor to sign the contract.
Motions to accept the agenda and to proceed with solicitations were made and seconded and carried by voice vote; the transcript records several "Aye" responses but does not include a roll-call tally. City staff stated that finalized submissions and the posted agenda will appear on the city website.
Next steps: advertised solicitations will follow their published deadlines; the mayor's signature was authorized for the forklift contract and staff will post final documents and awards to the public agenda page.
