The Airport Terminal's main Water Chiller Unit supplies cool water to the smaller fan coil and HVAC units located throughout the Airport Terminal Building, providing the air conditioning for the entire building.  The Terminal's main Water Chiller unit was in service for 26 years and during last year's summer months, it began to require numerous repairs and eventually suffered catastrophic failure.

With replacement parts being expensive and hard to obtain, and the future Terminal Expansion Project eventually impacting the current roof top location of that chiller unit, staff recommends replacing it with new high efficiency multi-stack units providing 210 tons of water chilling capacity and relocating the multi-stack units in an alternate location.

This project was advertised in the Yellowstone County News on June 8, 15, and 22, and was posted on the City and Airport's Websites. On June 26, 2018 the following bids were received:

CONTRACTOR                                                 BID
Plumb MT, Inc.                                                  $206,000
Williams Brothers                                              $242,200
Estimate                                                            $250,000

 

City Council may:

• Approve the contract award for the Airport's Water Chiller Replacement Project with Plumb MT, Inc.; or
• Decline to approve the award and provide staff direction on how to proceed.

The total cost of this project is $206,000. Funding for this project is available in the Airport's Capital Account.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the contract award for the Airport Terminal Water Chiller Replacement Project to Plumb MT, Inc., for the amount of $206,000.