Danbury Board of Awards approves $6.55 million streetscape award and multiple procurement contracts

The Danbury City Board of Awards on April 16, 2025 approved a series of procurement awards and contract renewals, including a low bid of $6,550,629.71 for the Downtown Danbury transit‑oriented development streetscape project and multiple equipment and service purchases.

Purchasing agent Chick Volpi opened the meeting and led the roll call. “My name is Chick Volpi. I’m the purchasing agent,” Volpi said, then presented the bids and staff recommendations for each agenda item. The board voted unanimously on each motion presented.

Why it matters: The streetscape award is the largest single procurement on the agenda and will fund streetscape work intended to support the city’s transit‑oriented development plan for downtown Danbury; the meeting also covered safety and operations purchases for schools, public utilities and emergency management that affect service continuity.

Key approvals and amounts included: the streetscape low bid recorded in the meeting as from a bidder identified in the record as JF Blue Shop Inc. at $6,550,629.71; a change order to the previously awarded Musco Sports Lighting contract for Danbury High School stadium lighting of $105,650 to address required structural and foundation work under updated building codes; renewal of a two‑year option for on‑call engineering consultant agreements with Tectonic Engineering, Stantec Consulting Services, EL Companies and RHS Consulting; awards for two school heating‑fuel tank replacements (King Street Primary and King Street Intermediate) to True Blue totaling $933,009.50 for that limited scope; replacement of methane flow meters at the wastewater treatment plant under Veolia Water’s operating agreement for $43,825.75; purchase of a traffic signal controller cabinet for $19,584.23 based on compatibility with existing Econolay equipment; a replacement mobile generator for the buildings department quoted at $27,790; renewal of Everbridge mass‑notification services for $20,180.22 (07/01/2025–06/30/2026) under GSA pricing; and purchase of six Motorola APX 8000 portable radios and accessories for $63,317.06 under the state master contract.

Library purchase added to agenda: The board voted to add and approve two purchase orders to Ingram Library Services for adult books (estimated $20,000) and children/teen books (estimated $8,000) after staff said the current vendor was experiencing publisher supply issues.

Board procedure and votes: For each item Volpi read the requisition and staff recommendations, motions were made and seconded, and votes were recorded aloud. Where individual members’ vocal yea votes were recorded in the minutes, names such as David Garcia and Robin Edwards were read in support; the official outcome for each agenda motion recorded in the meeting was that the motion carried unanimously.

What’s next: Many approvals were contingent on contract execution or completion of required documentation (insurance, GSA or state contract references). Items that exceeded available budget for full scope (notably the broader heating‑tank program) were pared back to limited, priority work and flagged for future capital funding requests.

At the close of the meeting the board moved on to the next scheduled items; the record shows all listed motions carried without dissent at the April 16 session.