Dinwiddie Recommends $354,654 Contract to Build Two Basketball-Pickleball Courts

Dinwiddie County staff recommended approval of a $354,654.00 contract to construct two basketball-pickleball courts at the Dinwiddie Sports Complex, and the item appeared in the Board of Supervisors agenda packet with the line "Contract value: $354,654.00 to Custom Cour" (contractor name truncated in the packet). The packet entry was listed as part of the county materials for the March 2, 2026 meeting cycle, but the agenda text does not show a full contractor name or an executed award date.

The packet language itself states staff recommended the contract and includes the $354,654.00 figure, yet the materials do not confirm whether the Board of Supervisors formally voted to award the work. County records in the packet also lack scope details such as surface type, lighting, fencing, striping for pickleball versus basketball, ADA features, or a construction start and completion schedule, all items county staff would normally specify before contract execution.

The courts recommendation arrives amid a broader run of capital activity on the Board's docket. The Board voted unanimously to award HBA Architecture a contract to perform a facilities condition and department space needs assessment for the county courthouse, and staff said roughly $213,000 in FY26 capital improvement program funds could be used to begin that assessment while the Board adopted a resolution of intent to reimburse expenditures from future bond proceeds. County Administrator Kevin Massengill and staff described the next step for the courthouse as a site and condition assessment followed by recommendations on scope and cost.

Meeting transcripts show staff are actively sequencing FY25 and FY26 construction to avoid overtaxing county forces. As one presenter put it in the county meeting record, "SO WE WILL, THAT PROJECT IS READY TO GO. UH, ONCE WE HIT, UM, FY 25 IN JULY, WE CAN GO ON AHEAD AND START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PROJECT." The same transcript records a recommendation to delay another road project: "WE ARE, HOWEVER, MAKING THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WAIT UNTIL TWO, 2026 TO BEGIN THAT PROJECT." Staff also warned, "I DON'T WANNA GET A RED LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD FOR FALLING BEHIND ON THE PROJECT," citing statewide project tracking as a reason to stagger work.

Other procurement fragments in county documents illustrate active contracting across departments. A rooftop HVAC replacement drew five vendor bids with a reported price range "from 174,000 to 366 98" in the meeting transcript (upper figure garbled in the file). Historical county records show prior large-scale awards: archival minutes dated February 18, 1976 record a $985,794.00 contract for the Administration Building awarded to W. F. Hamm Construction Company, with alternate number five for an access road rejected in that vote.

Key details remain to be confirmed before the sports complex courts proceed: the full legal name of the contractor listed as "Custom Cour" in the packet, whether the Board formally approved and executed the $354,654.00 contract, the funding source for that amount, and the contract scope and schedule. County meeting transcripts and the Board packet establish the recommendation, but official award documents and the contract exhibit are needed to confirm who will build the two basketball-pickleball courts and when construction will begin.