Providence Contracts and Supply Board Meeting - February 9, 2026
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Providence Contracts and Supply Board Meeting - February 9, 2026
The Providence Contracts and Supply Board met on February 9, 2026, to approve a series of grant awards, contract bids, and the minutes from the January 27, 2026 meeting. The meeting was chaired by Courtney Hawkins. Board members present included Sarah Silveria, Elaine Richards, Joseph DePina, Patricia Coinfeit, Chamari Hasbin, John Arzmanian, and Dante Bellini. Absent were Council President Miller, Councilman Gonzales, Councilwoman Ryan, and Tyrell Stevens.
Consent Calendar
- Grant Awards (Items 1-16): Approved as a block via roll call. The grants included:
- Carry the Cross Outreach Ministries: $65,000
- Refugee Dream Center: $93,529.72
- Providence Public Schools Career Intact: $138,501.60
- Center for Dynamic Learning: $54,000
- Center: $28,631 (organization not specified)
- Inspiring Minds: $47,079.20
- College Visions: $144,000
- Comprehensive Community Action: $60,063.60
- South Side Community Land Trust: $53,091.74
- Unspecified grant: $20,099,552 (amount unclear from transcript)
- Rhode Island for Community and Justice: $84,428.57
- Skills for Rhode Island's Future: $67,000
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence: $102,829.63
- Advertisements (Section C and Item 3 from Section B): Approved unanimously.
- Minutes of January 27, 2026 Meeting: Approved unanimously.
Discussion Items
- Item 3: Department of Public Property – Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Services Contract: A three-year contract with two one-year options for Providence School Facilities. The contract was advertised and referred to the City Clerk.
- Item 4: Office of Sustainability – Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at the Police Department: Three bids were received. B and K Electric bid $42,650. An additional bid from Anthony McCarthy the Third ($84,824.06) was also noted for this item.
- Item 5: Office of Sustainability – Climate Justice Plan Update, Energy and Resilience Consultant: Eight bids were received, including LBW Research Partnership ($29,995), The Energy Efficiency Group ($27,450), GZA Geoenvironmental ($19,000), and others.
- Item 6: Water Supply Board – Accelerated Lead Service Line Replacement Program Contract Lead 22: Boyle and Bogerty Construction submitted a unit price bid of $15,047,919 (or $15,010,336.73, as per transcript).
- Item 7: Department of Public Works – Snow and Ice Control Supplies: No bids were received; the item will be revisited at a future meeting.
Key Outcomes
- Roll Call Vote on Items 1-16 (Grant Awards): The motion passed with 7 votes in favor, 1 opposed, and 3 absent. (Note: The transcript recorded "seven ayes, one nine three absent," interpreted as one nay and three absent; however, the roll call indicated four absent members.)
- Bids Referred to City Clerk: All bids for items 3-6 were referred to the City Clerk’s office for further processing.
- Advertisements Approved: The advertisements in Section C and Item 3 from Section B were approved unanimously.
- Meeting Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned after approving the minutes.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon. Welcome to the city of Providence for Contracts and Supply Meeting for Monday First Night, 2026. Um, not appropriate please call it. Courtney Hawkins. Council President Miller is absent. Councilman Gonzalo's is absent. Sarah Silveria present. Elaine Richards. Present. Joseph De Pina. Present. Patricia Coinfeit present. Chamari has been present. John Arzmanian. And four apps, and you have a four. I'd like to add a hand a motion to electron chairperson of the thing. Please let the record reflect that we're joined today by Michael Pelecy, deputy city solicitor. So noted. Carry the Cross Outreach Ministries Sixty Five Thousand Refugee Dream Center Ninety Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars Seventy Two Cents Five Providence Public Schools Career Intact One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred One Dollars Sixty Cent Center for Dynamic Learning Fifty Four Thousand Center Twenty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Thirty One Dollars Inspiring Mines Forty Seven Thousand Seventy Nine Dollars Twenty Centre College Visions One Hundred Forty Four Thousand Comprehensive Community Action Sixty Thousand Sixty Three Dollars Sixty Central South Side Community Land Trust Fifty Three Thousand Ninety One Dollars Seventy Four Cents Twenty Ninety Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Two Dollars Rhode Island for Community and Justice Eighty Four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Eight Dollars Fifty Seven Skills For Rhode Island's Future Sixty Seven Thousand And Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence One Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars Six Cent Three Department of Public Property On Hall Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Services Three Year Contract With Two One Year Options For Providence School Facilities DMB Advertise For R City Item Four Office of Sustainability Electric Vehicle Infrastructure At the Telecom Please Department Three Bids Item four, Office of Sustainability, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure at the Telefutu Police Department. B and K Electric, forty-two thousand six hundred fifty dollars. Item five, Office of Sustainability, Climate Justice Plan Update, Energy and Resilience Consultant. Eight bids. Okay, Anthony McCarthy, the third, eighty-four thousand eight hundred twenty-four dollars six cents. This one, I'm sorry, this Anthony McCari, the third. This one also appears to be for item four, the EV infrastructure. So there are five to that. So that's Anthony McCarthy, the third, eighty-four thousand eight hundred twenty-four dollars six cents. LBW Research Partnership Inc. twenty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-five dollars. The Energy Efficiency Group Inc. twenty-seven thousand four hundred fifty dollars. GZA Geoenvironmental Inc. nineteen thousand dollars. LLC, twenty thousand dollars. LLC forty-two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Power options incorty nine thousand one hundred and thirty-five dollars. Item six water supply board accelerated lead service line replacement program contract lead twenty two. So the record number four had five bids, and number five had seven bids. I think six. Six. Oh yes, six six, yeah. Boyle and Bogerty construction, fifteen million forty-seven thousand nine hundred nineteen. Fifteen million ten thousand three hundred thirty-six dollars seventy-three. Unit price bid. Item seven, department of public works, interest and suppliers of snow ice wall. No bids this item will be on the agenda of the webinars. Madam Clark, are there any unmarked bids? No. Like to entertain a motion to refer the bids to the city clerk's office.
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