2026-07-27 - Board of Contract and Supply
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- A short meeting with nine members present and three absent, which was a quorum. The chair was elected by motion at the start, and the city's deputy solicitor attended.
- Bid opening: no bids were received for the housing information, education, outreach and fair housing services contract or for parking signs and sign posts, and both were re-advertised. Bids were opened for social media content creation for Parks, Hope High School boiler and asbestos abatement, a commissioning agent for phase four of the Providence public school projects (three bids), stenographic services (one bid), and on-call minor construction and trade services. The on-call trades item will remain unawarded and was described as only a request for information. All bids were referred to the clerk's office.
- The board approved the advertisements in section C along with re-advertising the two no-bid items.
- Section A, items one through 47, was approved on a roll call vote after no items were pulled for review.
- Minutes of the July 13 meeting were approved, and the meeting adjourned.
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00:03They have no other
00:05direction.
00:06>> Should I get it?
00:10>> Good afternoon. Welcome to the city of
00:12Providence Board of Contract and Supply
00:14meeting on Monday, July 20th, 2026.
00:18Um Adam please excuse the bell.
00:21Uh Courtney Hawkins present.
00:24Uh Bill Dada.
00:26Councilman Gonzales is absent.
00:28Councilman Ryan is absent. Sarah
00:31Silveria present.
00:33Elaine Richards.
00:35Joseph DePina.
00:36>> Present.
00:37>> Patricia Coyne-Fay.
00:38>> Present.
00:39>> Shamar Henson.
00:40>> Present.
00:42>> John Izzemian.
00:43>> Present.
00:44>> Dante Bellini.
00:44>> Present.
00:46>> Tyrell Stephens is absent. We have nine
00:48present, three absent. We have a quorum.
00:50I'd like to entertain a motion to elect
00:52myself chairperson.
00:53>> So moved.
00:54>> Second. Motion made by Director Bellini,
00:56seconded by Director Richards. All in
00:58favor?
00:58>> Aye.
00:59>> All opposed? The eyes have it. Um please
01:01let the record reflect that we are
01:02joined today by Michael Curley, Deputy
01:04City Solicitor.
01:05>> So noted.
01:07>> I'd like to entertain a motion to do the
01:08section B, opening of bids.
01:10>> So moved.
01:10>> Second. Motion made by Director DePina,
01:12seconded by Director Richards. All in
01:14favor?
01:15>> Aye.
01:15>> All opposed? The eyes have it. Section
01:18B, opening of bids, item one. Department
01:20of Housing and Human Services, Housing
01:22Information, Education, Outreach, and
01:24Fair Housing Services, one-year contract
01:27with two one-year options.
01:28>> Still no bids. Re-advertise.
01:32>> Um item two, Department of Parks, social
01:35media content creation services for
01:37Providence Parks Department.
01:38>> No bids.
01:39>> No bids.
02:13>> Luminous $27,720.
02:19Item three Department of Public Property
02:20Hope High School boiler and asbestos
02:22abatement.
02:23>> Forbid.
02:23>> Forbid.
02:43Maron Construction Company
02:46$308,000.
02:53Nil City Construction $253,043.
03:05Construction
03:07Junction
03:09$85,130.
03:14Item four Department of Public Property
03:16Oh, sorry. One more.
03:19>> [laughter]
03:46>> And
03:47AAA Asbestos Abatement Company
03:50$167,380.
03:55Okay, item four, Department of Public
03:57Property, commissioning agent for phase
03:59four Providence public school projects.
04:01>> Three bids.
04:32>> Sustainable Engineering Solutions,
04:34575,600
04:36dollars.
04:55Catalyst Commissioning Group,
04:58188,000 dollars.
05:42EES Engineering Services, 620,310
05:46dollars.
05:48Item five, Department of Public Property
05:51stenographic services two-year contract
05:53with two one-year options.
05:55one bid
06:32Morandi Court Reporting
06:35Can I get a price bid?
06:41Item six, Department of Public Works
06:42parking signs, parking sign posts, and
06:44related parking administration materials
06:47one year.
06:48No bids, this item is being
06:49re-advertised.
06:51Okay, item seven, Department of Public
06:53Property minor construction renovations
06:55and on-call trade services Four bids,
06:57and this item is also going to remain
06:58unawarded. And this is just an RFI. Yes.
07:43For the the unit six
07:58House for the communities.
08:02House It looks like house for the
08:04communities.
08:10Houses for the community. Communities.
08:18Construction Junction.
08:43I'm JVP Services.
09:13Lowen's Construction.
09:15I'm American Heritage and I need to mark
09:17it.
09:17>> Lowen mark.
09:18>> Okay, this concludes the opening of
09:19bids. I'd like to entertain a motion to
09:21refer the bids to the clerk's office.
09:22>> So moved.
09:24>> Motion made by Director Dr. Seconded by
09:26Director Husband. All in favor?
09:28>> Aye.
09:29>> The ayes have it. I'd like to entertain
09:31a motion to move to section C.
09:33>> So moved.
09:35>> Second.
09:36>> Motion made by Director Richard,
09:37seconded by Director Bellini. All in
09:39favor?
09:40>> All opposed? The eyes have it. I'd like
09:42to entertain a motion to approve the
09:43advertisements in section C, as well as
09:45re-advertising items one and six from
09:48section B.
09:50>> So moved.
09:51>> Second.
09:51>> Motion made by Director Richards,
09:53seconded by Director DePina. All in
09:56favor?
09:56>> Aye.
09:57>> All opposed? The eyes have it.
09:59I'd like to entertain a motion to go to
10:00section A for review.
10:02>> So moved.
10:02>> Second.
10:03>> Motion made by Director DePina, seconded
10:04by Director Richards. Hearing no
10:05objections, all in favor?
10:07>> Aye.
10:07>> All opposed? The eyes have it. Director
10:09Delgado, do we have any items in section
10:11review?
10:12>> No, Chairwoman. Thank you.
10:14>> Pleasure.
10:16I'd like to entertain a motion to
10:17approve items one through 47 in section
10:20A on a roll call vote.
10:22>> So moved.
10:22>> Second.
10:23>> Motion made by Director Ritter, seconded
10:25by Director Delgado. Hearing no
10:26objections, uh roll call, please.
10:30Courtney Hawkins.
10:31>> Aye.
10:32>> Al Delgado.
10:33>> Aye.
10:35>> Councilwoman Downes is absent.
10:37Councilwoman Ryan is absent. Sarah
10:39Silveria.
10:40>> Aye.
10:41>> Elaine Richards.
10:42>> Aye.
10:43>> Joseph DePina.
10:44>> Aye.
10:45>> Patricia Qualey-Fagg.
10:46>> Aye.
10:47>> Shamari Husband.
10:48>> Aye.
10:49>> Don Arzoumanian.
10:50>> Aye.
10:51>> Donte Bellini.
10:52>> Aye.
10:53>> Tyrell Stephens is absent. We have eight
10:56aye, one nay, three absent. The motion
10:59carries. The matters are approved.
11:01>> I'd like to entertain a motion to go to
11:03section D to approve all minutes.
11:05>> So moved.
11:06>> Second.
11:06>> Motion made by Director Bellini,
11:08seconded by Director Richards. All in
11:09favor?
11:10>> Aye.
11:10>> All opposed? The eyes have it. The
11:12board's been provided a copy of the
11:13minutes from the Monday, July 13th
11:15meeting. Do are there any edits or
11:16questions?
11:18Hearing none, I'd like to entertain a
11:19motion to approve the minutes from
11:20Monday, July 13th Board of Contract and
11:23Supply meeting.
11:23>> So moved.
11:24>> Second.
11:24>> Motion made by Director DePina, seconded
11:26by Director Richards. All in favor?
11:28>> Aye.
11:29>> All opposed? The eyes have it. I'd like
11:31to entertain the motion to adjourn.
11:33>> So moved.
11:34>> So ordered.
11:35>> Motion made by Director seconded by
11:36Treasurer husband. All in favor.
11:38>> I have it.
11:39>> All opposed. The eyes have it. This
11:41meeting is adjourned.