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| Trust OK's $1.5 million for prefab jail cells |
| By News-Star.com |
| Published: 09/22/2003 |
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A bid for prefabricated concrete jail cells was awarded by Pottawatomie County, Okla. Public Safety Center Trust members at their regular meeting last week. Tindall Concrete Products of Conley, Ga., bid a total of $1,415,300 for 47 six-sided, double-cell modules, including floor and ceiling. The modules will include the plumbing, toilet, security windows, wall-hung steel bunks, shelf with hook and wall-hung desk and stool. HMN Architects, who are designing the jail, made the recommendation that the trust accept the Tindall bid. The low bid of $1,290,000 from Raider Precast Concrete did not meet the specifications requested, said Rod Bottoms, trust executive director. The trust plans to save about $200,000 off the Tindall bid by downsizing to smaller modules instead of the 85-square-foot units in the company's bid. "We could put three people in the downsized cells and we only want to put two, "he said. "We can go with what Tindall has right here, but we can save another $200,000 ... on the size cell I'm talking about downsizing to. "Is there any problem with downsizing? No, it just cuts down on the size of the rooms themselves," Bottoms told trustees. He said 75 square feet of unencumbered space is required, which doesn't count under the bunk. "But cutting it down to 60 square feet, you use the dayroom footage out there to increase that cell size and you meet the standards as well," he said. Bottoms told trustees that he had checked with state jail inspector Don Garrison on including the dayroom footage to reduce the size of the cells. "You are satisfied that whomever makes those decisions that a 60-square-foot cell can use the dayroom space," asked trust attorney Terry West. "Yes, and I've done it in other facilities," Bottoms said. According to Tindall's bid proposal, the modules would be delivered and erected in about six to seven months after the order is received. Because the floor is part of the prefab cells, all that would be required is pouring a foundation. |
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