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Resolution to Authorize the Purchase of LED Cobra Head Streetlight Fixtures from Lumecon ($163,437.50) ITB-4081
Memorandum
The attached resolution will authorize the purchase of 250 LED streetlight cobra head street light fixtures from Lumecon. The purchased fixtures will be installed in the residential neighborhoods of the City.
In order to achieve energy and maintenance savings, the Public Services Area Field Operations Unit began the process of converting all the City-owned streetlight to LED fixtures in 2007. Crews began the project with the conversion of 1,000 downtown streetlights through a grant from the Downtown Development Authority. This phase of the project is on pace to be completed by September of 2010.
With the authorization of this purchase, we are preparing to move into phase II of the project in the residential areas. We will be replacing the current 100 Watt cobra head fixtures which will address the majority of the City-owned residential streetlights. Once completed, we will move to phase III of the project along the arterials in the City which is comprised mostly of 250 Watt cobra head fixtures.
Staff from the Field Operations Unit of the Public Service Area solicited bids (ITB-4081) for the fixtures. The bid had detailed specifications for our lighting requirements that would ensure that the City receives a quality product. We received twenty-three responses to the bid. The twenty-three bidders were all evaluated for the photometric requirement of the bid. Only three of the bidders met the photometric specification portion of the bid.
The three remaining bidders were evaluated for the remaining requirements and specifications of the bid. Of the three remaining bidders, Lumecon was the only vendor to respond to all bid requirements. One of the most important requirements of the bid was an In-Situ report. Because LEDs rarely fail catastrophically like conventional light bulbs, an industry standard has been developed t...
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