One of the regular segments in the Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter is a look at procurement efforts in Albemarle and Charlottesville. Bids go out when funding is in place for a project. This time around begins with a long-awaited infrastructure project in Crozet.
Many years ago, Albemarle County experimented with something called the Neighborhood Improvement Funding Initiative. The community advisory committees were asked to suggest small-scale projects and one of them was to make improvements to The Square in downtown Crozet.
“The project is generally described as construction of VDOT Road Improvements along The Square and Oak Street,” reads a section of the invitation of bids that was released on Monday. (learn more) (review the invitation for bids) (review the drawings)
According to one of the descriptions from when NIFI was being talked about, those improvements would make Oak Street one way through the Square.
The project has a budget of $2.01 million according to the spring 2024 report from Albemarle’s Department of Facilities and Environmental Services. Bids close on August 9. (take a look)
Albemarle County is also seeking to prequalify firms to bid on the new elementary school for the southern feeder pattern. (learn more)
“The project is generally described as the construction of a new, three-story elementary School totaling approximately 72,500 square feet and associated sitework,” reads that request. “The HVAC system design generally consist of Geothermal wells with water-to-water thermal transfer, fan-coil units, and heat pumps. The school is designed to be solar ready and will include a full capacity, standby, electrical power generator.”
Bids are due on August 13.
- The bid period closed on July 17 for a firm to manage the elections and administration for two collective bargaining units for Albemarle County Public Schools. In all, 2,600 employees are eligible to decide if they want to be in a union split between two different units. (learn more)
- Harrisonburg Construction of Charlottesville was awarded a contract to replace the cooling tower at Jackson-Via Elementary School on June 4. (learn more)
- Insulation Specialties of Hopewell, Virginia was awarded a contract for “on-call construction contract for asbestos abatement services on an as needed basis” in Charlottesville. They were the lowest of four bidders. (learn more)
- A bid to provide curbside recycling services for residential households in Charlottesville closed on July 15. (learn more)
- There’s a need for a new emergency generator at Smith Aquatic Center and bids for a firm to do the replacement are due on August 21. (learn more)
- Any firm wanting to provide “temporary day porter services” in Charlottesville had until July 19 to submit their bid. Take a look at the image below for some of the duties. (learn more)
- Firms had until July 23 to respond to a request to install interpretative signage at Biscuit Run Park. (learn more)
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