Pittsburg, PA
Commissioners open bids on Expo HVAC installation
Sep. 7—Pittsburg County commissioners plan to assessment three bids submitted for the price of putting in eight 25 ton heating, air flow and air con items on the Southeast Expo Heart.
Commissioners opened the bids — all of which have been nicely over $1 million — throughout their common weekly assembly on the Pittsburg County Courthouse.
They requested bids for the price of putting in the eight 25 ton HVAC items, that are to be offered by the county. Commissioners keep they’ll lower your expenses by buying the eight HVAC items by the county, then paying individually for his or her set up.
Commissioners beforehand mentioned getting air con and heating all through the constructing is certainly one of their main targets since they took again operation of the Expo Heart final 12 months. They plan to pay for the undertaking by the usage of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds granted to the county due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pittsburg County Fee Chairman/District 2 Commissioner Kevin Smith mentioned the commissioners plan to assessment the three bid submissions over the week and ensure all of the specs and authorized necessities have been met. Commissioner then plan to award the bid throughout a public assembly, maybe as quickly as their subsequent common assembly, set for 9 a.m. on Sept. 12.
Smith mentioned the bottom bid will not be all the time one of the best.
Bids submitted and opened through the Tuesday assembly on the courthouse embody:
—Stone Electrical, McAlester — $1,350,000.
—Kurt Whiteside, McAlester — $1,859,000
—1845 Building, Norman — $1,899,947.
Bid specs for the Expo Heart HVAC undertaking embody a 17-item guidelines, which covers a wide range of areas.
Along with set up of the county-supplied management system, merchandise 16 alone requires the profitable bidder to “present and set up refrigerant piping, refrigerant, crucial ductwork and/or connections to accommodate new AHUs, or air dealing with items; management wiring, crucial electrical conduits, wire, labor and supplies to new AHUs and condensers for an entire job.”
One other merchandise requires the profitable bidder to set the county-supplied 25-ton gasoline bundle items on provided curbs, on suppled concrete pads.
The contract additionally requires one 12 months labor to be included, with proprietor coaching on operation and upkeep.
County commissioners keep they’ll use the American Rescue Plan Act federal funds for the Expo Heart upgrades, for the reason that Expo Heart has been used as a mass vaccination website through the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also been used as a mass vaccination website for influenza vaccinations.
Commissioners held their common assembly on Tuesday this week as a result of Labor Day Vacation noticed Monday.
Contact James Beaty at jbeaty@mcalesternews.com.