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Danbury City Board of Awards moves to award multiple 2025 snow‑plowing contracts after reviewing seven bids
Summary
The board reviewed seven bids for 2025 snow‑plowing at schools and the Animal Control Building, decided to use on‑call per‑inch pricing rather than lump sums, and directed awards to a set of local vendors after one bidder declined the on‑call arrangement.
At its Nov. 19 meeting, the Danbury City Board of Awards moved to award snow‑plowing services for the 2025 season at school properties and the Animal Control Building, following a review of seven bids.
Chip Volpe, the purchasing agent, told board members that bidders were asked to submit either a lump sum by location or an alternate on‑call price paid by snow accumulation (inches) at each site. Staff reported that lump sums proved budgetarily infeasible and recommended using on‑call per‑inch pricing. Volpe said that NELTS, whose managing member Antonio Portunato had been the low bidder on some sites, indicated he did not want to provide the per‑inch on‑call service and withdrew that element of his bid, leaving the next low bidders for those sites.
As described by staff, the recommended site awards included D and M Construction for Danbury High School (Main), WRR (transcript shows variants such as WRO/WRR Anchor Danbury) for Danbury High School West, and Yard Goats Landscaping for Broadview, Rogers Park and King Street schools. Volpe said public works or park maintenance would handle another site noted in the transcript as 'Allen Levy bridal control.' Staff stated purchase orders would be issued on an as‑needed basis.
The board considered the recommendation, staff answered questions about vendor capacity and follow‑up, and members called the vote. The transcript records a roll call of 'all in favor' by a participant identified in the recording as 'Allen Bruce'; the record does not include a formal count in names. The transcript does not provide contract numbers, award amounts, or detailed service start dates.
