Mahoning County gets 22 bids for new county dog shelter

YOUNGSTOWN

Twenty-two bids were received for construction of the new Mahoning County dog shelter at 1230 N. Meridian Road.

The bids covered general contractor, electric, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Wednesday was the submission deadline.

Seven bids were submitted for general contractor with Vendrick Construction Inc. of Brookfield the lowest with a base bid of $2,123,800, and Golan Inc. of Pittsburgh the highest at $3.25 million.

James Fortunato, county purchasing director, said Copich Architects of Liberty, the project architect, will review the bids to ensure they meet specifications and then make recommendations to county commissioners. He expects that to occur in the next few weeks. Commissioners will award the contracts.

The architect’s estimate for the project was $3,648,965.

Read more about the bids in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.