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Providence Board of Contract and Supply approves 39 procurement items, opens bids for park renovations and concessions
Summary
The Board of Contract and Supply approved items 1–39 by roll call Dec. 29, 2025 — a package that included lease bids for Waterplace Park and competitive bids for Roger Williams Park renovations — and referred received bids to the city clerk for processing.
The Providence Board of Contract and Supply voted Dec. 29 to approve items 1 through 39 on Section A of its agenda, carrying the motion by roll call after a mover and seconder were recorded.
The action included the formal opening of bids and the referral of those bids to the city clerk’s office for follow-up. The board recorded one bid for the five‑year lease (with two five‑year options) for the gondola and dog concession at Waterplace Park from Lagando Providence Inc., $63,709.63. Multiple bids were recorded for a building renovation and HVAC contract at the Roger Williams Park Gateway Garage: Yvonne Masonry Construction LLC ($648,000), Bentley Builders LLC ($683,168), E W Berman Inc. ($829,000), and Meriden Construction ($733,435).
The board also listed a seasonal maintenance contract for city fountains covering July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with two one‑year renewal options; the transcript notes a vendor name resembling “Delta Electro Power” but the recorded dollar figures in the meeting record were unclear. Several school facilities contracts (roofing repair and carpentry services) were discussed and extended because of publication deadlines rather than being readvertised; one carpentry services item showed no bids.
A motion to refer the opened bids to the city clerk was made and approved by voice vote earlier in the meeting. The board later took the roll call vote to approve items 1–39; the meeting record states the result as “8 ayes, 1 nay, 2 absent” (the transcript contains a garbled rendering of that tally). The board then moved on to approve the Dec. 15 meeting minutes and adjourned.
Meeting procedure and staff follow‑up: board staff and the assistant study solicitor were noted in the record; staff indicated some items were being extended to new posting dates because of journal deadlines. The board did not adopt any additional policy changes during this session; the matters voted on were routine procurement approvals and bid referrals. The clerk will retain the referred bids and proceed with standard procurement processing.
