Trenton council approves roughly $16.7 million in subcontract awards for new fire and police stations
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The council unanimously approved recommended subcontractor awards for a new Trenton Fire Station and Police Station totaling about $8.71 million and $7.96 million respectively; administrators said additional bid packages will return to council in March to finalize remaining work.
Trenton's city council on Feb. 17 unanimously approved recommended subcontractor awards for the city's new fire and police stations, authorizing agreements to advance construction work that city administrators said will be followed by additional bid packages in March.
City Administrator Dean Creech told the council the current subcontract package for the fire station totals approximately $8,713,406 and that VIG, the consultant the city hired to vet bids, conducted the tabulation and reference checks. Creech said more bid packages are expected to come before council at the March 23 meeting to finalize remaining components and overall project pricing.
Creech described the bidding process as competitive and said VIG performed the vetting and legwork: "VIG did, does all the leg work for us, putting this all together to make sure all the components are there, to move forward with this." He asked the council to authorize finalizing agreements in the approximate amount presented.
Council also approved subcontractor awards for the police station, which Creech said total approximately $7,963,603. He described the police and fire station bids as similar in scope and noted VIG's review and recommendations guided the selections.
During discussion, Councilman Caballino raised a warranty and vendor-concentration concern after reviewing bid tabulations and noting that many contractors appeared on both bid lists. Caballino asked whether the overlap could create warranty or performance issues if a single vendor serves both projects. Creech responded that the sites are separate and he did not foresee problems: "If they were interconnected or something, it'd be a whole different story," and said the projects are separated by site and scope.
With those assurances, council moved, supported and ordered approval of the subcontractor awards for both stations. Creech told the council he expects remaining components to be finalized and returned to the council for action no later than the March 23 meeting.
The council did not provide additional budget adjustments during the vote; the amounts presented were the bases for authorizing agreements and final contract preparation.
