Providence Board of Contracts and Supply Meeting - May 18, 2026
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Providence Board of Contracts and Supply Meeting - May 18, 2026
The Board of Contracts and Supply of the City of Providence met on May 18, 2026, at 5:56 PM. The meeting was chaired by a chairperson (name not specified in transcript). Nine members were present, with Councilman Gonzales, Councilwoman Ryan, and Cyril Stevens absent. The meeting focused on bid openings, contract approvals, and administrative matters.
Bid Openings
- Item 1: DM2 Associates and Commonwealth Engineers and Consultants (details unclear).
- Item 2: Providence Police Department uniform and equipment contract – one bid received.
- Item 3: Police ammunition and supplies – three bids received; Eagle Point Gun bid $110,105.40.
- Item 4: Webster Elementary School playground (Dept. of Public Property) – Site Tech Corporation bid $368,000.
- Item 5: Municipal Space Planning Services – one-year contract; status described as "cancelled" or extended (transcript unclear).
- Item 6: Elevator Maintenance, Repair, and Asset Management Services.
- Item 7: Fire Alarm Suppression System – extended to June 1, 2026.
- Item 8: Event equipment rentals – extended to June 1, 2026.
- Item 9: Water Supply Board agricultural products – one bid from Alan Seed, unit price $427.03.
- Item 10: Water Supply Board cellular distributed and ten of systems – two bids.
- Item 11: Grant writing and administration services – Rosewood Consulting: $5,500/month in year one, $5,800/month in years two and three.
- Item 12: Trash and recycling collection services – unit price bid.
- Item 13: Furnish and deliver hydrofluorocylic acid – Penco Inc. declined to bid; the item will be re-advertised.
- Additional item: Animal control vaccines and medications (on markets).
Advertisements and Referrals
- A motion was made and seconded to refer all bids to the City Clerk’s office. Approved unanimously.
- A walk-on advertisement from the Department of Recreation for revisit sports equipment (FY27) was added; bids will be opened June 1, 2026.
- The board approved the advertising schedule, including the walk-on and re-advertising of Item 13.
Approval of Section A Items
- Motion to approve Items 1 through 49 in Section A. A roll call vote was taken.
- Vote: 8 ayes, 1 nay, 3 absent. The motion carried. The individual casting the nay vote was not identified by name in the transcript.
Approval of Minutes
- The minutes from the May 4, 2026, Board of Contracts meeting were presented. No edits or corrections were offered. The minutes were approved.
Adjournment
- The meeting was adjourned following a motion.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon. Welcome to the city of Providence Port of Contracts and Supply Meeting of Monday, May eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. Councilman Gonzales is absent. Councilwoman Ryan is absent. Joseph Capina. Patricia Queen Fake present. We have nine present. I'd like to entertain a motion for lack of myself chairperson. Motion made by director the penis seconded by Director Richards. All in favor. So they're just including the names on DM2 Associates. Commonwealth Engineers and Consultants. Item two Providence Police Department Police Uniform and Equipment to your contract. One bid. One bid. Item three, Providence Police Department, purchase of ammunition and supplies plus clear twenty-seven. Three bits. Eagle Point Gun, one hundred ten thousand one hundred five dollars and forty cents. Item four department of public property. Webster of elementary school playground. Site Tech Corporation, three hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars. Item five, Department of Public Property, Municipal Space Planning Services, one year contact. This item is this RV of the A cancelled. Nice. Um, item six, Department of Public Property, Elevator Maintenance, Repair, and Asset Management Services. Item seven, Department of Public Property, Fire Alarm Suppression System, Sprinkler, Fire Extinguisher Inspection Testing, Maintenance, and Emergency Repair Service. This item is also being extended to June first, twenty twenty-six. Um, item eight, department of public property, event equipment, rentals and services, three-year contract. This item is being extended to June first, twenty twenty-six. Um, item nine, water supply board, agricultural products. One bid. Supply doing business is Alan Seed of four hundred twenty-seven dollars and three cents. Unit price bid. Item ten, water supply, board cellular, distributed, and ten of systems. Two bids. Two bits. Item eleven, water supply board grant writing and administration services. Rosewood Consulting. Uh year one, uh, five thousand five hundred per month, years two and three, five thousand eight perfectly. Item solved water supply board trash and recycling recycling collection services. Unit price. Item thirteen, water supply board. Furnish and deliver hydrofluorocylic acid. That was a good time. Was it right? I couldn't do. Oh it was right. Oh um, it's Penco Inc. and it is of not a bid. They are defining to bid stuff.
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