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Danbury Board of Awards approves ARPA-funded contracts, ratifies fuel-price lock for 2025–26
Summary
The Danbury City Board of Awards on Oct. 23 approved multiple contracts funded by ARPA for parks, public buildings and city technology, authorized a substitution to Microsoft Office 2024 licenses for police dispatch, and ratified a one-year fuel-price lock for fiscal 2025–26.
Chip Borkin, Danbury’s purchasing agent, called the Board of Awards to order at 10:05 a.m. and said, “We have 8 items scheduled on the agenda.” The board approved a series of procurement awards and a ratification of fuel-price locks during a meeting that lasted roughly under an hour.
The board approved multiple American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)–funded purchases and contract awards. Borkin recommended awarding a Kubota F3710 mower to the state-contract vendor Sibley for $35,453.68 after a higher quote of $44,947.76 from Westco Inc.; the motion to award passed unanimously. The board also awarded pavilion renovations at Hatter’s Park to BMP Construction for a low proposal of $249,747.15 and bathroom renovations at the Harrisburg facility to BMP Construction for $170,897.90; both awards were represented as covered under on-call CROG/region contracts, include prevailing wages and bonding, and were approved…
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