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Board approves highway and facilities purchases, including emergency boiler repair at Danbury High School and a new plow truck
Summary
Danbury’s Board of Awards approved sole‑source and state‑contract purchases for highway materials and equipment, authorized emergency repairs at Danbury High School (control panel replacement quoted at $16,118), and approved a plow truck purchase after staff solicited three state‑contract vendors.
The Danbury City Board of Awards on Oct. 9 approved several highway and facilities purchases and authorized emergency repairs at Danbury High School.
Highway and equipment items approved included: a sole‑source award for OEM Everlast plow repair/replacement parts from Equipment Specialist for $28,257.16; an amendment to a Tilcon Connecticut purchase order to add $15,000 (raising the total initial PO to $30,000) for on‑call stone materials; and a sole‑source repair award to WI Clark for a John Deere 710 backhoe at $17,705.
After the posted agenda items, the board voted to add two items: emergency boiler repairs at Danbury High School and a request to buy a plow truck for the winter season. Staff described a main control‑panel failure on Boiler No. 1 and presented two options: $16,118 to replace the control panel or $45,200 to replace the entire burner. The board approved proceeding with the control‑panel replacement and awarded McKinney Mechanical $16,118 under an existing time‑and‑material contract.
On the plow truck request, staff said they reached out to three state‑contract vendors and reported the quotes: Ingersoll (2024 Chevrolet Silverado) $71,131.48, Generous Ford (2024 Ford F150) $69,179.20 and Northwest Hills Chevrolet (Silverado 3500) $73,513. Staff recommended Ingersoll based on fit for purpose; the motion to award the vehicle purchase based on the state contract and funded from the department account was approved unanimously.
Why it matters: The emergency boiler repair restores heating at a high school and the highway and equipment purchases support winter operations and routine maintenance. Several items were approved as sole‑source where staff reported limited vendor coverage in the region.
What’s next: Purchasing staff will issue purchase orders, and public buildings will schedule the boiler control‑panel replacement to restore heating operations.
