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Danbury Board approves routine renewals and purchase orders across departments
Summary
At its July 9 meeting the Board of Awards approved multiple routine contract renewals and purchase orders across public safety, technology and public works — including sole‑source renewals for QDS, Kronos, CivicPlus and a $35,571 annual assessment to Northwest Connecticut Public Safety.
The Danbury City Board of Awards approved a slate of procurement actions July 9 covering police, fire, public works, public buildings, technology services, and public utilities. Purchasing agent Jake Volpe presented each item; the board moved, seconded and approved the awards, most by unanimous vote.
Key approvals included: renewal of polygraph exam services previously awarded to Liberty Home Investigations (option exercised for an additional year with a modest fee increase), a $35,571 annual assessment for manual medical frequency coordination awarded to Northwest Connecticut Public Safety for the fire department, and two one‑year agreements for mental‑health services for police officers with Dr. Kate David Schultz ($150/hour) and Dr. Vincent Franco ($100/day travel). The board also awarded crossing‑guard services to incumbent All City Management Services; custodial supplies (partially reimbursable, quoted at $75,419.98) to CNC Janitorial via a state contract; and various public‑works and utilities materials and maintenance contracts (Earth Movers, Ferguson Waterworks, Harper Haynes, Acorn Electric).
Technology Services presented several sole‑source renewals: Quality Evaluation Services (QDS) for tax collector and tax assessor systems ($24,855 and $38,895 respectively), UKG/Kronos timekeeping maintenance ($36,499.59), CivicPlus website maintenance ($39,060.19), DLT Solutions for AutoCAD licensing ($17,933.50), Insight Software spreadsheet server support ($26,497.48) and a Kaseya help‑desk subscription ($14,047.95 per year for years 1–3). The board approved each award; where noted, awards were contingent on contract execution or corporate‑counsel review (for order terms).
Most items were routine renewals or single‑vendor/single‑response awards; where the vendor was the proprietary developer of the system, staff provided sole‑source justifications and the board approved under those justifications. Volpe and board members repeatedly noted that purchase orders will be issued as needed and some purchases are contingent on contract execution or corporate counsel review.
