Denver seeks approval of $68.2 million District 6 police station contract
The proposed contract would replace the station and an adjacent pharmacy building with a roughly 45,000-square-foot facility, structured parking and security canopies.
Denver is seeking City Council approval of a $68.16 million construction contract to replace the Police District 6 station and an adjacent pharmacy building at 1566 N. Washington St. with a new station, structured parking garage and security canopies.
The proposed $68,156,065 contract with Fransen-Pittman Construction Co. would cover demolition of the existing buildings and construction of the approximately 45,000-square-foot facility. The project is funded through the 2017 Elevate Denver Bond Program and is in City Council District 10, the city’s contract request says.
The facility is intended to add parking and police-operations space, including a sally port, interview rooms and a community-engagement area. City documents say the existing station has been used for police operations since 1995 but was originally built as a medical building about 40 to 50 years ago.
Construction would take 532 days after the city issues a notice to proceed. The request does not specify when that notice would be issued.
The city is also seeking a $684,685 amendment to its design-services contract with Roth Sheppard Architects. The amendment would increase that contract’s total value from $5,962,642.44 to $6,647,327.44 and extend its term by 212 days, to April 1, 2028, the amendment request says.
The additional design and construction-administration work would address Board of Adjustment violations, add security canopies, and plan demolition and abatement of the pharmacy building at Colfax and Washington streets. The request does not specify the violations.
Together, the requests represent $74,803,392.44 in proposed construction and design-contract commitments. They do not establish the project’s full cost, including any contingencies, reserves or other expenses. The documents also do not include a City Council vote or an executed construction contract. The construction request lists an 18% minority-, women- and disadvantaged-business participation commitment; subcontractors were still in the bidding and buyout process when it was prepared.