Board of Estimates Meeting; October 7, 2026

The Baltimore Board of Estimates meeting on October 7, 2026 approved the routine agenda without opposition and approved a non-routine $15,504.24 payment to Pitney Bowes for smart mailboxes and related support equipment. The city said its municipal post-office contract had expired in 2024 while services continued; procurement has since combined the relevant services into a contract running through 2027, and the payment covers the transition period. The board deferred to October 21 a proposed $8.57 million purchase of properties at 407–417 North Howard Street from 417 North Howard Properties LLC for the Office of Homeless Services, at the city administrator’s request. A police-department performance audit item was also deferred, and a procurement amendment for fire and police consulting services was withdrawn at the agency’s request.

The meeting’s bid-opening segment reported submissions, not contract awards. For armed security RFQ 000847, reported bids included Metropolitan Protective Services at $25,986,650, Lionheart Security at $29.4 million, Urban Development Solutions at $57,129,000, and other offers ranging up to Eagle Protection Agency at $73,785,960; some submissions were referred for legal review because copies were not clearly identified. Other openings included snow-removal RFQ 000858 (prices not read), a lead-risk-reduction and healthy-homes solicitation with a bid reported at approximately $5.57 million, lake-dredging services RFQ 000865 with a reported three-year total of $860,952, and utility-cut repaving and sidewalk restoration WC 1453R, with bids of $7,975,000, $8,914,500, and $9,817,500. The city also announced that chemical-supply RFQ 000770 would open November 4, cold-patch RFQ 000851 November 18, and vehicle-decals RFQ 000848 had been canceled. No awards were made on these opened bids during the meeting.