City of Nashua, NH
Wireless Communications Division
C/O William Mansfield
PO Box 785
Nashua NH 03061-0785
603-594-3521 Fax: 603-594-3615
May 7, 2018
Mr. Daniel Kooken
Purchasing Manager, City of Nashua
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061-2019
Mr. Kooken,
Dear Mr. Kooken,
On April 5, 2018, Request for Proposals were received and opened from prospective vendors to
purchase two Replacement Mitsubishi Air Conditioners for the Radio Infrastructure Room at the
Nashua Police Department and one Replacement Mitsubishi Air Conditioner for the Radio
Infrastructure Room at the Nashua Fire Alarm facility. (IFB 0020-040518).
Proposals received were from:
IFB0020-040518 April 5, Home Depot
Replacement of 2018 Nashua, NH
Mitsubishi Air $23,700
Conditioning Units
AAA Energy Service
Auburn, NH
$26,448
J. Lawrence Hall
Nashua, NH
$31,750
Palmer & Sicard, Inc.
Exeter, NH
$37,575
Cooling Unlimited
Reading, MA
Not an acceptable Bid since it arrived late (after 3 p.m.) This
was not directed to Central Purchasing, 229 Main Street,
Room 128, Nashua, NH as specified on the Bid document.
After a review of the proposals, the Communications Division met with the low bidder, Home
Depot and determined that their initial proposal didn’t include the cost of a crane. It was also
determined that the Air Conditioning Units being proposed were residential grade and not
commercial grade. Due to these units being required to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, 365 days a year, the Communications Division does not feel that a residential unit wouid
