City of Nashua
Purchasing Department
Administrative Services Division (603) 589-3330
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Fax (603) 594-3233
May 11, 2022
Memo #22-273
TO: Mayor Donchess
Finance Committee
SUBJECT: Public Access Television Operations & Management in the amount not to exceed
$506,800 funded from 55699 Other Contracted Services/PEG Access Channels Special
Revenue Fund
Please see attached communications from Kimberly Kleiner, Director of Administrative Services, dated May
11, 2022 for project specific details related to this purchase. Below please find a summary of the purchase
approval request:
Item: Management and Operations of the CTV Studio and Channel 96
Value: 3-year total of $506,800
Vendor: BRBTV LLC.
Department: | Community Television
Source Fund: 55699 Other Contracted Services/ PEG Access Channels Special Revenue Fund
Ordinance: Pursuant to § 5-78 Major purchases (greater than $25,000) A. All supplies and
contractual services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated
cost thereof shall exceed $25,000 shall be purchased by formal, written contract
from the lowest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting bids.
A competitive bidding RFP for this project was issued on 1/28/2022 and the following bids were received:
Vendor Location Amount Note
CMSG Manchester, NH $100,200 to 4 options were presented at
$165,000/year variable annual costs
BRBTV Nashua, NH $168,933/yr ave 3 year pricing proposed
We recommend this bid to be awarded to the vendor who best presented a proposal for channel growth.
The Cable Television Access Board (4/1/2022 CTAB meeting), Administrative Services Division, and the
Purchasing Department respectfully request your approval of this contract.
Regards,
Kelly Parkinson
Purchasing Manager
Ce: K Kleiner
J Graziano
