Franklin County opens bid for Armory project

County commissioners on Tuesday opened bids from 3 companies that would like to do repair work to the Armory in Apalachicola.

Franklin County commissioners have allotted 250 thousand dollars in tourist development money to renovate the 108 year old armory so it can serve as a convention center.

The repairs that need to be done first include replacing the roof on the one story building connected to the Armory.

The roof on that building is causing some major damage to the building including to the main electrical box.

The project also includes installing a lightning protection system, replacing the electrical distribution system and updating the fire alarm and emergency lighting system.

There is much more work that needs to be done but the major projects will use up the county’s entire budget for the project.

The companies that have bid on the project include Poloronis Construction out of Apalachicola as well as Albritton-Williams contractors from Tallahassee and CSI contractors from Quincy.

The bids ranged from about 153 thousand dollars to 202 thousand dollars.

The bids are currently under review and the winning bid will be announced at the next commission meeting. 

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