Danbury Board of Awards unanimously approves $721,598 equipment purchases for Highway Department

The Board of Awards for the City of Danbury approved three Highway Department equipment purchases at its March 11, 2026 meeting, awarding contracts under state and cooperative purchasing agreements.

Charles J. Volpe, Jr., the city’s purchasing agent, told the board the Highway Department submitted requisitions under existing cooperative agreements. The board awarded two 2026 Ford F-550 4x4 trucks with stainless steel dump bodies and salt spreader attachments to Gengras Ford at $184,156.95 each, a combined $368,313.90, under the State of Connecticut contract.

T. Nolan, superintendent of public services, moved to award the two-truck purchase; D. Garrick, finance director, seconded the motion, which the board carried unanimously. Volpe said an additional single 2026 Ford F-550 4x4 truck with a straight dump body was quoted at $143,710.95 from Gengras Ford under the State contract; Nolan moved to award that purchase, Garrick seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. The board noted the single unit was priced lower because it excludes the salt spreader attachment.

The board also approved purchase of a Tiger Brute LRS boom mower mounted on a John Deere 6105E 4WD tractor, quoted at $209,573.64 from Tri-County Contractors Supply under a Sourcewell cooperative contract. Nolan moved to award that purchase; Garrick seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

Altogether, the three awards total $721,598.49 in equipment purchases. The purchases were processed under the vendors’ existing cooperative or state contract awards, according to Volpe.

The board convened at 10:01 A.M. and completed these awards as part of the meeting’s regular agenda before adjourning at 10:08 A.M.