Providence Board of Contract & Supply Meeting-Monday, November 2, 2026-2PM

The Providence Board of Contract & Supply met on November 2, 2026, to review bids, advertisements, and contract changes. The agenda included a one-year Behavioral Health Outreach contract with two one-year extension options for East Bay Community Action Program at $688,825; Home AR technical assistance; park-site improvements; downtown alleyway redesign; and furniture for five Providence Public Schools. The park-improvement bid amounts and vendor names are partly garbled in the transcript. Extensions were noted for the alleyway and school-furniture items, apparently to November 16, 2026. For Public Works’ sodium chloride and snow/ice supplier items, the transcript indicates no bids or unclear bid activity. The board referred bids to the clerk’s office and approved advertisements in Section C, including a walk-on Police Department advertisement for armorer equipment, to be opened November 16, as well as readvertising items.

The board also reviewed change orders, including an $80,000 change order for additional part-time project-management services and a building change order discussed in connection with an approximately $189,000 PBA-related estimate adjustment and other work. Members questioned the scope and timing of deficiencies behind a second change order for the North Main Street fire station; staff cited brick and roof-related issues, lintels, and conditions not identified earlier, and said the work should address the problem. The matters were approved by a vote of eight in favor, none opposed, with four absent. The board also approved the October 19 minutes. The transcript does not clearly establish all change-order amounts or the specific projects to which some amounts apply.