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Danbury Board of Awards approves traffic system purchase, adds custodial locations and rejects lone water‑plant bid
Summary
At its Aug. 27 meeting the City of Danbury Board of Awards approved a $163,105 traffic detection system purchase, added two custodial locations to an existing contract, approved an IT change order not to exceed $25,500, and rejected a lone $458,148.55 bid for a water‑plant tank replacement citing DEEP cleanup requirements.
The City of Danbury Board of Awards on Aug. 27 approved several routine procurement actions and rejected a single bid for a water‑plant project.
Purchasing agent Jake Boca opened the meeting at 10:02 a.m. and led the board through five agenda items. The board approved a license agreement submitted by the Office of the Mayor with the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority for use of a MetroStar organics unit; Boca said there was no purchase cost for the unit and that "it's just a maintenance services for it." The board voted to approve the agreement unanimously.
The board awarded a Miovision traffic detection and management system from Coastal Traffic under the Sourcewell cooperative contract at a total price of $163,105. Boca said the purchase will be charged to a donations account. The award was moved and approved unanimously.
The board also approved adding two custodial locations — a library hackerspace and a cafe — to the Preferred Cleaning Services contract for the 2025–2026 term. Each addition was listed at $317 per month for the period Sept. 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The motion to add the locations passed unanimously.
For the Marjorie Water Treatment Plant tank replacement, the city received a single bid from SRS Petroleum Services totaling $458,148.55. Staff stated that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) requires soil removal to be performed by a permitted spill cleanup contractor and that SRS would not commit to that requirement. The board voted to reject the lone bid and plans to re‑bid the project.
Technology Services requested a change order to its IT support contract with Computer Integrated Services (CIS) to provide on‑call services including status displays, computer‑aided dispatch support, records‑management work and next‑generation database changes. CIS proposed an $85 hourly rate with a not‑to‑exceed amount of $25,500; the board approved the change order as a modification to the master IT support agreement.
Assistant corporation counsel Tracy Norris and other board members voiced support for each motion during roll call; the meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn. The board did not set specific dates for rebidding the Marjorie Water Treatment Plant work during the meeting.
