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County Receives Competitive Bids for Facilities
Improvement Project
Published: February 16, 2022
at 08:00 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
Lowville, NY- Contractors from
across the region gathered in the Lewis County Board of Legislators’
chambers this afternoon for the opening of bids for Lewis County’s large-scale
facilities improvement project planned for this year, at an initially estimated
cost of approximately $19.3 million.
The project,
which calls for a complete renovation of the Department of Social Services
building on Stowe Street and the construction of a new Highway Garage on
the East Road, is broken into the following five contract categories that
went out to bid in January: General Construction, Mechanical, Plumbing,
Electrical and Fire Protection. Bids were due back by February 10, with the
bid opening taking place this afternoon.
The main scope of
the project, as presented to bidders, includes:
1. Renovation to the Department of Social
Services Building.
2. New Maintenance Shop (at the DSS
site).
3. Renovations of the existing Highway
Garage.
4. Replace the Cold Storage Building with
a New Building.
5. New Highway –Main Garage.
6. New Vehicle Wash Building.
Multiple bids
were received in four of the five contract categories, with only one firm
providing a bid for the Fire Protection contract. The bids will now be
reviewed by the County’s consultants, and the Lewis County Board of Legislators
will hold a special meeting on Thursday, February 24, at 5 p.m., where
contracts for the project are anticipated to be awarded.
After announcing
bid amounts for each of the five contracts, county officials were pleased
with both the number of bids received and the competitive nature of the
bids. If the low bids for each contract are accepted, the price of the
project will come in at just over $15 million, under the budgeted cost of
$19.3 million.
“This is good
news,” County Manager Ryan Piche said following the opening of bids. “This
project received very competitive bids and assuming everything is in line
we should be able to award the contracts during our special meeting on
February 24.”
An announcement
is also expected on where services and employees at the Department of
Social Services building will be housed during the duration of the
renovation project.
The following are
the bids received for the project:
Contract No. 1-
General Construction
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BIDDER
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BASE BID
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Bette & Cring, LLC- Watertown, NY
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$10,889,000
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Con Tech
Building Systems, Inc.- Gouverneur, NY
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$12,235,000
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DC Building
Systems, Inc.- Watertown, NY
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$12,130,000
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DiPasquale
Construction, Inc.- Spencerport, NY
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$10,000,000
(Low Bid)
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Murnane
Building Contractors, Inc.- Whitesboro, NY
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$12,642,000
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Northland
Associates, Inc.- Liverpool, NY
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$12,497,000
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Contract No. 2-
Mechanical Construction
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BIDDER
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BASE BID
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Black River
Plumbing, Heating & Air- Black River, NY
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$1,975,000
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ENI Mechanical,
Inc.- Gouverneur, NY
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$1,948,000 (Low
Bid)
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Ontario HVAC
Solutions, Inc.- Dexter, NY
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$1,980,000
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Contract No. 3-
Plumbing Construction
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BIDDER
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BASE BID
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Bellucci
Enterprises, Inc.- Bridgeport, NY
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$874,000
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ENI Mechanical,
Inc.- Gouverneur, NY
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$612,000
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J.E. Sheehan- Potsdam,
NY
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$505,369
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T Mechanical
and Plumbing- Chase Lake, NY
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$450,000 (Low
Bid)
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Contract No. 4-
Electrical Construction
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BIDDER
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BASE BID
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ENI Mechanical,
Inc.- Gouverneur, NY
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$2,421,000
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Lawman Heating
& Cooling, Inc.- Sackets Harbor, NY
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$3,110,000
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Northern
Pioneer Contractors, Inc.- Glenfield, NY
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$2,868,000
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NYTRIC
Electrical Contractors, LLC- Watertown, NY
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$2,773,700
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Patricia
Electric, Inc.- Syracuse, NY
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$3,000,000
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S&L
Electric- Fulton, NY
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$2,655,000
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Spencer
Electric- Constableville, NY
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$2,130,000 (Low
Bid)
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Contract No. 5-
Fire Protection Construction
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BIDDER
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BASE BID
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Associate Fire
Protection Corp.- Syracuse, NY
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$492,840
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