Finance Committee - 3/15/2017 Page 8
Mayor Donchess
Yes, that would be fine.
Alderman Cookson
You have two pieces of work that need to be done. One is a panel and one is the fire panel. On this particular
request, you went with the lowest bidder.
Captain Paulson
Correct.
Alderman Cookson
Even though the lowest bidder was in Marlborough, which is maybe an hour away. You had two local vendors
who submitted responses to the request. One was just maybe off by $1,000 between the lowest bid and the
middle bid. Then there was one response who bid on both.
Captain Paulson
Correct.
Alderman Cookson
The first bid was the highest bid and probably eliminated them because it was the highest bid. But, they were
awarded the second bid. I’m wondering would it make sense, and | don’t Know the answer to this question, to
consolidate and would that one vendor, would it make sense for them to do both pieces of the work?
Captain Paulson
They are treated separate. EEC happened to be the vendor that came through for our generator testing. If
you look at the quotes, themselves, you will see that EEC provided a very detailed scope of work where the
other vendors kind of just a paragraph of what they are willing to do. EEC also identified some additional
hazards potentially to include a sprinkler head right over the electrical panel to help bring us up to code and
make sure that wouldn’t be a problem in the future. They pointed out some additional work they are going to
do to divert that to make sure that doesn't rear its ugly head later on.
Alderman O’Brien
We had an issue with the library with the roofing. Do we have guarantees if something fails? Do we have any
warranties?
Mr. Kooken
| didn’t see any specific warranties.
Captain Paulson
There’s a standard one-year warranty.
Alderman O’Brien
In your experience, that seems to be typical, one year?
