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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: January 5, 2017
Nick Caggiano, Superintendent
Parks and Recreation Department
Purchase and Installation of a Scoreboard and Sound System
To approve the purchase and installation of a Daktronics scoreboard and message
display as well as a Sportsound sound system from Scoreboard Enterprises Inc of
Mansfield, MA. for the price of $173,326.29 pursuant to the Massachusetts
Higher Education Consortium Contract #B14. Funding will be through
Department: 177 Parks and Recreation; Fund: Special Revenue; Account
Category: 55 Other Services.
Quote from Scoreboard Enterprises Inc.
This purchase will replace the current Holman Stadium scoreboard, message
center and sound system. The current scoreboard is outdated and frequently
breaks down. Parts are very hard to find and repairs are costly and not timely. The
message center has not been operational for over 4 years and cannot be repaired in
a cost efficient manner. The sound system is over 19 years old and is only
functioning on one speaker.
The firm will remove the old scoreboard and message center and install the
replacements. The score board and message center will be recycled at the landfill.
The message center will have the ability to play prerecorded videos which will
help with advertising and sponsorships for both the Silver Knights and the City.
Prerecorded public service announcements can be run as well as team profiles.
Information will be sent from the press box to the system through a fiber optic
cable.
The sound system was evaluated in October of 2014 by Acentech from
Cambridge Ma. Their recommendations concluded based upon the age of the
loudspeakers and loss of the ability to reproduce sound in a quality way, we
recommend replacing the loudspeakers around the venue. In addition, we would
also recommend updating the amplifiers to more efficient models that produce the
required power rating of the new loudspeakers. We also suggest an audio Digital
Signal Processor to allow the facility to better manage the output level of the
sound system. The users present would like to have at least 4 channels of wireless
microphones for various uses. Finally, we suggest that a new mixing console be
