Cleveland company submits low bid on muni court work

YOUNGSTOWN

A Cleveland company has the apparent lowest proposal – $392,160 – to do extensive exterior work to the City Hall Annex, where the city’s municipal court will be relocated by late 2017.

The proposal from VIP Restoration is significantly below the city’s $606,000 estimate. The next lowest proposal of $418,098 came from M-A Building and Maintenance of Independence.

Ten companies submitted proposals by Tuesday’s deadline for the work with only two of them exceeding the city’s estimate.

It was a different story in August when the two proposals the city received for roof-replacement work to the annex were much more than the estimated cost.

The city charter doesn’t permit Youngstown to award a contract for work when the proposals are more than the estimate.

The city had planned to purchase the roof system and have it installed from contractors on the state purchasing list. Instead, the roof work will be incorporated into the project’s general contractor proposal, said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the city’s public-works department.

The exterior work will be the only part of the project that will be bid separately from the rest, Shasho said.

Read more about the project and the timeline to completion in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.