Leaders running the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center (200 S. Whiting Street) are poised to release an Invitation For Bids (IFB) to renovate the cells housing dozens of children.
NVJDC Commission Chair John Lawrence tells ALXnow that the body will vote Sept. 15 to allow the jail’s executive director, Johnitha McNair, to put out the IFB to demolish 60 concrete slabs inside the cells that are used for bedding and tables, as well as repainting walls and replacing flooring with a budget not to exceed $250,000.
“The idea by doing the authorization the way it’s set to be done next week, we’re authorizing Johnitha to go put the bid out,” Lawrence said. “When she gets bids back, she can pick the most responsive and responsible bidder and then sign the contract and get moving, as long as it’s below the price that we set.”…