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Danbury Board of Awards approves multiple ARPA-funded purchases including stadium lighting and fire truck refurbishing
Summary
The Danbury City Board of Awards on Sept. 18 approved eight procurement actions and one added emergency elevator repair, including a $372,645 stadium lighting contract, a $1.1 million fire truck refurbishment and a $132,000 ERP implementation; several purchases used ARPA funds or sole‑source justifications.
Chip Volpe, Danbury City’s purchasing agent, told the Board of Awards on Sept. 18 that the panel approved a series of procurement actions to cover equipment, repairs and software implementation across municipal departments. "This brings the amount over $15,000, which is a limit of my authority," Volpe said, explaining why multiple requests required the board’s sign-off.
The board voted unanimously to amend an existing purchase order for traffic-signal electrical repairs, increasing the estimate for the fiscal year to $75,000. The original purchase order vendor is listed in the record; the request to increase the PO was submitted by the engineering department.
Construction Services sought and received approval to award Musco Sports Lighting $372,645 to install a new sports lighting system at Danbury High School’s stadium. Volpe said the request included a sole‑source justification and the purchase is ARPA-funded; the board approved the award conditioned on consultant review and preparation of contract documents.
The board also approved a $27,235.40 purchase of a scoreboard for Rogers Park Softball Field to the low quoted vendor (transcript references NEVCO/NEFCO) pending ARPA consultant approval and assignment of the ARPA charge code.
Public Utilities was authorized to renew the Marjorie Water Treatment Plant filter contract at last year’s price of $127,890 after the supplier indicated it would hold the previous bid for FY24–25 by mutual consent.
The fire department’s request for command vehicle radios and related equipment from Goose Town Communications was approved at $19,411.38 (ARPA-funded), the board noting the quoted price was slightly lower than an alternate quote.
Volpe said Firematic Supply will refurbish two 2010 Pierce Arrow XT fire trucks for $1.1 million, a contract the board approved as a modified sole‑source on the basis that Firematic is the Pierce-authorized dealer for Connecticut; the award was made contingent on consultant review and contract execution.
Technology Services’ sole‑source requisition to Tyler Technologies for ERP implementation, training and data conversion at $132,000 (ARPA-funded) was also approved contingent on ARPA consultant sign-off. Volpe said the software is proprietary and the purchase is part of an ongoing implementation.
For exterior facility improvements (a CDBG-funded project), the board declared the apparent low bidder nonresponsive and awarded the contract to GL Capaso for $95,430 as the lowest complete bid, following a recommendation from the project manager at Prior Architecture.
The board added an item to the agenda and approved an urgent elevator muffler replacement at Broadview after a public buildings representative said a failed muffler seal had caused piston failure; the quoted cost for the repair under the Omnia cooperative contract was $16,271.86 and funding will come from the capital elevators project account.
Most of the items were noted as ARPA-funded or carried sole‑source justifications in the record. The board concluded by moving to adjourn after the votes.
