Bid waivers advanced for school projects
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The committee consented to forward bid-waiver requests for the Natchaug School boiler replacement and Windham Middle School library media center project to the full Board of Education. The waivers address purchases made without a full formal request-for-proposals process; Natchaug received multiple quotes and selected the lowest quote from Tucker Mechanical.
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What this means
The committee did not give final approval but supported sending the two bid-waiver requests to the full Board of Education. Facilities work is continuing across schools, including summer cleaning, heating and cooling repairs, and planned Natchaug boiler replacement in July and August. A three-year plan is being developed for rooftop-unit replacements, with $500,000 in capital funding available if a unit fails.
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- Approved the June 3, 2026 meeting minutes.
- Consented to forward bid-waiver requests for the Natchaug School boilers and Windham Middle School library media center project to the full Board of Education.
- Reported that the Windham Middle School track and turf project is on schedule, with paving completed and surface installation beginning.
- Reported that tennis and basketball court work is on hold because the related retaining-wall project did not receive capital-improvement funding this year.
- Reported that purchase-power agreements for solar-panel carports at CH Barrows STEM Academy and Windham Middle School have been signed, with electric-vehicle charger installations planned for July.
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