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Board awards contracts for lab conversion, music room renovation and facility upgrades
Summary
The Springfield Board approved multiple facilities contracts and professional services on April 28, including a $343,000 award to Academy Construction for a JDHS biology lab conversion, a $244,000 award to Drill Construction for a music room renovation, and professional services with LAN Associates for facilities planning and security upgrades.
The Springfield Board of Education approved a series of facilities contracts and professional services at its April 28 meeting as part of the district's long-range facilities plan.
Key awards include a $343,000 contract to Academy Construction for the conversion of a copy room into a biology lab at Jonathan Dayton High School after the low bid from Salazar & Associates was rejected as unresponsive. The board also awarded the renovation of the music room at Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School to Drill Construction Co., Inc. for $244,000 after rejecting the apparent low bid from GPC Inc. as unresponsive. Both projects are part of the district's approved referendum/project list and will be funded through capital reserves or bonds as specified in the agenda.
The board approved professional services contracts with LAN Associates, Inc., including a $32,750 contract to update the district's Long Range Facilities Plan, a $28,000 contract for districtwide exterior door replacement and security upgrades (bond-funded), and a $5,000 contract for PSE&G gas service upgrade application services tied to the HVAC upgrade project.
Additional contract actions include an abatement contract with Academy Construction Inc. for the JDHS Fieldhouse (cost not to exceed $74,466.64, capital reserve-funded) and a contract amendment with Public Consulting Group for the EDPlan Suite IEP case management tool (up to $7,000). The board also approved certificate-of-payment items including two payments to H & S Construction & Mechanical for district HVAC upgrade work ($1,243,982.60 and $1,309,142.80) and multiple vendor payments for BMS and field house interior work.
The Finance, Facilities and Security committee reported these awards and the board approved the items by roll call vote. Board members noted that procurement complied with N.J.S.A. 18A bidding requirements and that capital financing sources (capital reserve or bonds) were identified in the agenda language. The board also approved addenda awarding locker replacements to Nickerson NY, LLC (not to exceed $238,661.13) and a wall padding replacement line item (agenda contained a transcription-format error; amount recorded for wall padding is corrected in board records).
