Recommend approval of a contract for renovations to 19 City facilities with Johnson- Laux Construction, LLC for up to $1.5 million. The Office of Capital Projects will use the contract to renovate City facilities which need updates to comply with CDC guidelines and to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

The City of Savannah will use CARES Act funding for the project. The upgrades will include: the installation of new bathroom fixtures; the addition of automatic faucets, hand dryers, paper towel and soap/sanitizer dispensers, door and occupancy sensors; and touchless drinking fountains with bottle fill stations.

The list of facilities is listed below along with the cost of each facility:

Carver Heights Community Center $85,569.01
City Hall $153,353.06
Cloverdale Community Center $48,319.71
Crusader Center $70,222.19
Cultural Arts $92,713.18
Fire Headquarters (Station #3) $52,114.15
Liberty City Community Center $113,993.75
Mary Flournoy Golden Age $48,399.83
Moses Jackson $177,356.40
PARC $94,258.89
Police Headquarters $141,303.23
River St. Visitor Center $24,699.16
SPD Admin $53,701.94
SPD Central Precinct $50,226.13
Tatemville Community Center $53,168.55
Tompkins Center $85,458.48
Tremont Park $28,766.17
Woodville Community Center $41,527.44
WW Law Center $83,439.42
TOTAL $1,498,590.59

This procurement is being made through a cooperative purchasing agreement with Sourcewell, which was competitively bid and awarded to Johnson- Laux Construction, LLC for construction services with government agencies in the State of Georgia.

Cooperative purchasing is authorized as an appropriate procurement method in Division 10 Section 4-4152 of the City of Savannah’s purchasing ordinance.

Approval