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Four bid for work on Youngstown City Hall annex moves
YOUNGSTOWN
Four companies bid to be the general contractor for a project that will move the city health department and police vice squad to new homes in the city hall annex that also is the future home of municipal court.
A low bid of $487,500 was submitted by Murphy Contracting Co. of Youngstown. The next-lowest bid of $620,200 was submitted by Mike Coates Construction Co. of Niles. RL Hill Management Inc. of Solon submitted a bid of $658,841, and Hudson Construction Inc. of Hermitage, Pa., submitted one for $801,000. The city’s estimated cost for the project’s general contract is $680,000.
City officials unsealed the bids Friday.
“We’re happy with the numbers. They’re about where we thought they’d be,” said Charles Shasho, deputy director of public works for the city.
That Murphy Contracting Co.’s bid was so much lower than the others was not surprising, Shasho said. He noted the company is involved with the renovations in progress at the city hall annex, which is located at Market and Front streets.
About 8,000 square feet at the annex will house the city’s health department about a year from now. The city now pays $173,000 in rent to Mahoning County each year for the health department’s 12,000 square foot space in the county’s Oakhill Renaissance Place on Oak Hill Avenue.
City officials have said the move to a city-owned building makes sense cost-wise, as the city will no longer have to pay rent.
The police vice squad, now located on the third floor of the annex, will move to the basement as part of the project.
In addition to bids for the general contract, city officials opened bids for plumbing, HVAC, fire protection and electrical contracts.
Also, RL Hill Management submitted a bid of $1,116,932 for a combined contract.
The low bid for the plumbing contract, $80,821, was entered by Antenucci Inc. of Warren. The low bid for the HVAC contract, submitted by D&G Mechanical Inc. of West Middlesex, Pa., came in at $386,910. The low bid for the electrical contract came in at $239,211 and was submitted by Tri-Area Electric Co. of Youngstown.
Fire Foe Co. of Girard entered the only bid for fire protection. That bid came in at $33,282.
Shasho said all work at the annex is slated to be complete in September.
Departments are expected to move into their new locations by the end of next year.