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Providence Board of Contract and Supply-Monday, December 16, 2024-2:00 PM

December 16, 2024

Official record

From the minutes filed with the RI Secretary of State on December 30, 2024.

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Attendance

9 present · 3 absent

Present

Courtney Hawkins for Mayor Brett P. Smiley
Councilor Juan M. Pichardo for Council President Rachel M. Miller
Sara Silveria
Elaine Richards
Joseph DiPina for Ateesh Chanda
Patricia Coyne-Fague
Shomari Husband
John Arzoomanian
Dante Bellini

Absent

Councilwoman Helen D. Anthony
Councilman John Goncalves
Erlin Rogel

Recorded votes (12)

Motion to Elect Sara Silveria as Chairperson

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Mr. Bellini

Aye (9)

Ms. Hawkins for Mayor Smiley , Councilor Pichardo for Council President Miller , Ms. Silveria , Ms. Richards , Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda , Ms. Coyne- Fague , Mr. Husband , Mr. Arzoomanian , Mr. Bellini

Motion to go to Section B - Opening of Bids

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Ms. Richards · Seconded by Mr. Bellini

Aye (9)

Bids for Control 24-25 Winter Season

REFERRED BIDS TO CITY CLERK with Item #6 being Re- Advertised and Item #11 being Extended to January 13, 2025.

Motion to go to Section C - Advertisements

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Ms. Richards

Aye (9)

Re-bid Providence Police Recruit Enlistment Medical Exams and Playground Improvements at Pleasant View Elementary School

APPROVED FOR ADVERTISING and also Re-advertise Item #6 from Opening of Bids. [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Ms. Richards · Seconded by Mr. Bellini

Aye (9)

Motion to go to Section A for Review

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Ms. Richards

Aye (9)

Motion to enter Bid Protest for Item #7 into the record

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Ms. Richards · Seconded by Mr. Husband

Aye (9)

Esek Hopkins Middle School Design-Build Project

CONTINUED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Ms. Hawkins for Mayor Smiley · Seconded by Councilor Pichardo for Council President Miller

Aye (9)

Request to Reject all Bids received on November 4, 2024, for Providence Police Recruit Enlistment Medical Exams

APPROVED A1 – A35 with Item #7 being Continued to December 30, 2024 and Item #24 Requiring City Council Approval [8 TO 1]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Mr. Arzoomanian

Aye (8)

Ms. Hawkins for Mayor Smiley , Councilor Pichardo for Council President Miller , Ms. Silveria , Ms. Richards , Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda , Ms. Coyne- Fague , Mr. Arzoomanian , Mr. Bellini

Nay (1)

Mr. Husband

Motion to go to Section D - Approval of Minutes

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Mr. Husband · Seconded by Mr. Bellini

Aye (9)

Approval of Minutes: December 2, 2024

APPROVED (WITH VOTE) [8 TO 0]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Mr. Husband

Aye (8)

Ms. Hawkins for Mayor Smiley , Ms. Silveria , Ms. Richards , Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda , Ms. Coyne-Fague , Mr. Husband , Mr. Arzoomanian , Mr. Bellini

Abstain (1)

Councilor Pichardo for Council President Miller

Motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:41 o'clock P.M.

PASSED [UNANIMOUS]

Moved by Mr. DiPina for Mr. Chanda · Seconded by Ms. Richards

Aye (9)

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Every Saturday, friend wants to get dedicated

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Good afternoon. Welcome to the City of Providence Board of Contract and Sublime meeting of Monday, 12/16/2024. For me, call.

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Courtney Hawkins? Present. Council

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president Pro Tempur Pichardo?

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Present.

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Councilman Gonsalves is absent. Councilwoman Anthony is absent. Sarah Silveria? Present. Elaine Richards.

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Present. Joseph DePina.

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Present.

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Patricia Coyne Fay. Present. Shamari Husband.

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Present.

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John Arzmanian.

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Present.

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Dante Bellini. Present. Erlen Roguel is absent. You have nine present and three absent. You have a quorum.

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I'd like to entertain a motion to elect a message to a person.

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So moved. Second.

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Motion made by director Dapena, seconded by director Bellini. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? The ayes have it.

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Please let the record reflect that we're joined today by deputy city solicitor DeSanto. So noted. I'd like to entertain a motion to go to section b opening of bids. So moved.

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Second.

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Motion made by director Richards, seconded by director Blaney. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? The ayes have it.

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Aye. Aye. Aye.

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Aye.

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Life Insurance Company. $221,727.17. We've got Standard Insurance Company. Looks like a unit price. A Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, unit price bid.

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Item two, Department of People and Culture, medical insurance, three year contract with two two year options for renewal. Two bids. Two bids. UnitedHealthcare, $3,539,277.60 for medical only. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, $46.92 per employee per month for medical.

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Item three, Department of Planning and Development, technical and scientific services for Fort Shoreline Resilience. I do. Five bids. US Inc, $233,500. GZAQ Environmental Inc, $220,000.

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The Kotaki architects... Landscape architects, $233,500. Eric, you have $233,500. Engineering, science, and technology, Inc. $227,091.38.

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Item four, Providence Police Department, motor vehicle auto body repairs. Three year contract with two one year options.

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Who will the two best?

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Unit price... I'm sorry. Broker collision unit price bid. Westminster Auto Body. Gonna press good.

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Item five, Department of Public Property, construction material testing inspections for Providence Schools, forwarding pre k to eight schools, Spaziano Middle School, Pre k to eight school, Mount Pleasant High School, eighth semester, and Alphardema. John John Turner Consulting. I can get a. Geotechnical Engineering Testing. Unit Press bed.

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Item six, department of public property. Item seven, office of sustainability. Community based recycling outreach and education campaign. Three Three bits. Beds.

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Zero West Providence, $220,660. Transformations PR LLC, 220... $2,660. Clean Water Fund, $222,660. Item eight, office of sustainability, electric vehicle charging, infrastructure design, and construction parts department.

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Three b. Three b. Energy Source LLC, $244,316.84. AmpFlo Electric Inc, $146,312.

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I'm not impressed. Can I get that? Yeah. So that... Okay.

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So we've got Amphib twice. One is for the the Roger Williams Park Carriage House, and that is a $146,312. And the second bid is for the Dow Rimpel Boathouse EV charger, and that is a $128,177. Two bids. Okay.

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There are two... There are actually two bids for that item. Okay. Item nine. Workforce Solutions of Providence, Princeton.

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2024, we owe

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a youth program. Will be. You bet. Is that faster forward?

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Then we've got Tri County Community Action Agency total budget request of 500,000. Item 10, water supply board, accelerated lab service line replacement program, contact 2.1. Three bins. Three bins. Bisco contracting for $7,041,125.

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Can repeat that again?

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For Bisco contracting for $7,041,125.

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Yes.

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Yes. 19,962 thousand $450. Ferrer Construction Company Inc, $18,685,345. Item 11, water supply board is inspection and rehabilitation of the supplemental tunnel and aqueduct 70 inch aqueduct and a 102 inch aqueduct upstream section expiring 12/3126 with one option year. This is 01/13/2025.

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Very Sorry

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to interrupt. On that last, maybe... Could you read that second number again and just do it for watch? Like, Okay.

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Alright.

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Let's It's Richie.

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Okay. So item 10, there are three bids. The first one is for Bizco contacting for $7,041,001.25. There's Ritchie Drainline Company Inc. $19,000,009.62 $4.50.

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19,000,000. What's that again?

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$9,624.50. And then Ferrera Construction, $18,000,006.85 $3.45.

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And this was 7,000,000, just to be clear? Mhmm.