From
Amy Sprinkles
Title
Purchase of library furniture, signage and general furnishings from Cultural Surroundings ($273,244), Intelligent Interiors ($108,691), Adagio ($168,124), Southern Aluminum ($5,886), GL Seaman ($287,919), Libra-Tech ($98,525), and Contrax ($56,108) for a total of $998,497
Presenter
Amy Sprinkles, Marketing/Library Director
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
This is the final phase of multi-phase Library facility improvements over the past decade. This phase includes furniture, general furnishings, and construction. Included in the remodel will be: Reorganizing the children’s library to be a center for early literacy by enclosing it in glass, leveling the theater floor, replacing book stacks and furniture, adding interactive learning tools, and creating an exterior door. Reorganizing library floor plan to bring popular books and DVDs up front, move genealogy back, open up the computer section with smaller furniture and upright computers, create individual and group study rooms, create new programming room, replace dilapidated furniture, replace original book stacks, and add signage, graphics and color to create an inviting, enlivened, educational space for books, computers, programs and people.
Cultural Surroundings Bid#16016 Signage $ 22,400
Intelligent Interiors Bid#16016 General Furnishings $108,691
Adagio Bid#16016 Furniture $168,124
Southern Aluminum TX-MAS Tables $ 5,886
GL Seaman Multiple Furniture, Fabric, DIRTT walls $270,867
GL Seaman Multiple Public Printer/copier station $ 17,052
Cultural Surroundings BuyBoard Shelving $250,844
Libra-Tech TX-MAS Furniture $ 98,525
Contrax TCPN Furniture $ 56,108
All furniture, furnishings and signage are proposed to be awarded to the low bidder or are being purchased through a state cooperative buying agreement. Total bought furniture, contract furniture, built furniture, signage and general furnishings is $998,497. Construction, which has already been approved and contracted, totaled $732,205.
Financial Consideration
Funds are available in the Library Capital Projects Fund (402093) WO #01501503 (Main Phase V&VI Remodeling).