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Providence Board of Contract & Supply Meeting-Monday, November 2, 2026-2PM

Name: Providence Board of Contract & Supply Meeting-Monday, November 2, 2026-2PM
Start: 2026-11-02
Location: Providence City Hall

Held Monday, November 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM · Committee Room "B", Room 305, Third Floor, 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI, 02903 · Official notice

Roll Call

23:32 - 24:00

Roll call was taken to determine member attendance. A quorum was established with eight members present and four absent.

Election of Chairperson

24:00 - 24:12

A motion was entertained and seconded to elect the presiding speaker as chairperson. The motion carried unanimously.

Section B: Opening of Bids

24:12 - 30:14

The board reviewed and opened bids across various city departments, including behavioral health services, park site improvements, and school furniture providers. A motion was then made and approved to refer the opened bids to the clerk's office.

Section C: Approval of Advertisements

30:14 - 30:45

The clerk presented a walk-on advertisement for police department equipment. The board approved the Section C advertisements, including the walk-on item and re-advertised bids.

Section A: Review and Approval of Items 1 through 29

30:45 - 35:43

Members discussed change orders for project management and structural repairs at North Main Street and Branch Avenue fire stations. Following discussion, items 1 through 29 in Section A were approved via roll call vote.

Section D: Approval of Bids

35:43 - 35:54

The chairperson called for a motion to approve the matters in Section D. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

Approval of Minutes and Adjournment

35:54 - 36:25

The board reviewed and approved the meeting minutes from the October 19 meeting. Following the approval, the chairperson entertained a motion to adjourn the meeting.

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23:32 - 23:33

Present.

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23:34 - 23:40

Councilman Gonzalez is absent. Councilman Brian is absent. Sarah Silveria?

Sara Silveria

23:40 - 23:41

Present.

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23:41 - 23:42

Elaine Richards?

Elaine Richards

23:42 - 23:43

Present.

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23:45 - 23:46

Joseph Pina?

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Present.

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23:47 - 23:49

Patricia Van Faith is absent.

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Shomar husband is absent. John Artemanian?

John Arzoomanian

23:52 - 23:53

Present.

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23:54 - 23:55

Dante Bellini?

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23:55 - 23:56

Present.

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23:56 - 23:57

Thomas Morgan?

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23:57 - 23:58

Present.

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23:58 - 24:00

We have eight present, four absent.

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24:00 - 24:03

We have a form. I'd like to entertain a motion to elect myself chairperson.

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24:03 - 24:04

So moved.

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24:04 - 24:04

Second.

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24:04 - 24:07

Motion made by director Japena, seconded by director Richards.

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24:07 - 24:08

All in favor.

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24:08 - 24:08

Aye.

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24:08 - 24:11

All opposed? It's Abbott. Please let the record of that.

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24:12 - 24:18

So noted. I'd like to entertain a motion to go to section b opening of bids.

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24:19 - 24:20

So moved.

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Second.

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24:20 - 24:24

Motion made by director of the thirty second of director Bill O'Goddle. All in favor?

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24:24 - 24:24

Aye.

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24:24 - 24:26

Opposed?

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24:26 - 25:35

Go ahead. On section b opening of bids, item one, department of housing and community services, behavioral health outreach, one year contract with two one year extension. Providence Center, two hundred thirty five thousand nine hundred fifty seven dollars. Community Action Program, $688,825. Item two, Department of Housing and Human Services.

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25:35 - 25:38

Home, air and technical assistance services.

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25:39 - 25:41

Designs, DMV, advertising, and all of it.

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25:43 - 26:31

And item for your department of work site improvement at George Aurigon Park. Eight inch. Eight inch. Mill today construction, $486,985. Postal Lands, that was construction of $340,500.

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27:07 - 27:57

Johnson Landskewing, $352,776. Pet Pest Corporation, $324,000. Tina Brothers, $330,300. You bought Masonry? $290,000?

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28:06 - 28:36

Yardworks Inc, $269,688 and cents. Green Oaks Landscape and Construction Company, $206,600. Item four, department of planning and development downtown alleyway activation and redi... Redivern.

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28:36 - 28:40

This item will be extended 06/16/2026.

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28:40 - 29:11

Item five, department of public property, bundled furniture provider, Providence Public Schools, five new pre K through eight schools. W. B. Mason, eight million three hundred and thirty eight thousand six hundred thirty nine dollars seventy four cents. Item six, Department of Public Property, Providence City Hall, Envelope Restoration, base one.

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29:11 - 29:15

Designed with the incentive 11/16/2026.

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29:15 - 29:19

K. Number seven, Department of Public Works sodium chloride, winter season.

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29:19 - 29:22

There are no bids deciding to be advertised.

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29:22 - 29:54

And item eight, Department of Public Works and dress of suppliers of the snow ice control. Is there a motion to refer the bids to the clerk's office?

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29:54 - 29:54

So moved.

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30:14 - 30:31

Yes. We do have a walk on ad for, the police department. It'll be for purchase, farmer's equipment, Geisel Super Duty mod one dash l. It'll be open on 11/16/2026.

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30:31 - 30:40

K. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the advertisements in section c, including the walk on advertisement and re advertising items to exempt from section b.

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30:41 - 30:42

So Second.

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30:42 - 30:58

Motion made by director Richards and the 500. Well, all of those guys have it. I'd like to entertain a motion to go to second a for review. Motion made by director. Second by director.

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30:58 - 30:59

All in favor.

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30:59 - 31:00

Aye.

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31:05 - 31:11

Yes, ma'am. Sure. Thank you. ID number 19, please. This is no public property.

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31:12 - 31:31

This is, left field. There's a changeover number one for... It's not being 80 k for additional services from a part time project manager. Do you know specifically, like, what I've got to know is this in contract, if this project manager's gonna help fill. Oh, there'll be something else.

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31:34 - 31:40

So that's that can be something like the system works that we needed some of these tools. Sorry. Say that again. Yeah. I mean, like, system.