Local companies submit low bids for courthouse repairs – The Herald Bulletin

ANDERSON Two local companies have submitted the apparent low bids for installation of a new heating and air conditioning system for the Madison County Government Center.

The Madison County commissioners on Tuesday took the bids under advisement along with bids for installing new lighting in the courthouse.

A decision on the awarding of the contracts is expected on Wednesday.

Consultant Terry Burnworth of Pyramid Architecture recommended the commissioners accept the low bids because of the need to complete the cooling work by the end of March.

Burnworth said a new cooling tower and water-cooled three compressor chiller are expected to be delivered next week.

Lehmans Mechanical Contractors was previously awarded contracts to deliver the cooling tower at a cost of $64,000 and the compressor at a cost of $119,400.

Burnworth estimated the cost of replacing the heating and cooling systems at $1 million.

Lehmans Mechanical Contractors submitted a combined bid for the installation of the heating and cooling systems and the new controls at $1,045,088. Five alternate bids included a new water heater, roof fans, manual dampers, connecting the Information Technology cooling system and fourth-floor cooling units. Lehmans bid for the alternates was $252,200.

Lehmans was the only company bidding on the installation work.

Enervise LLC of Cincinnati bid $299,475 for the controls for the system and two alternates.

Fredericks of Pendleton submitted the only bid for the electrical work on the heating and cooling system at $64,000.

Two bids were received to replace the courthouse lighting Fredericks, $125,300 and Eag-Led of Tampa, $199,500.

In other business:

The commissioners approved a lease with the Richland Township Fire Department for storing and manning of the countys HazMat truck at $1 per year.

Tom Ecker, director of the Madison County Emergency Management Agency, said the Anderson Fire Department had stored and manned the truck at Station 4 until January. AFD said that when the HazMat team was dispatched, it took a truck out of service in Anderson.

County Engineer Chuck Leser said Madison County spent $2,660,659 to pave 25 miles of road in 2016.

Leser said the work was completed by Milestone Construction and included the $1 million grant the county received through the Indiana Department of Transportations Community Crossing grant program.

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