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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Ian Wade, Capital Projects Manager
DATE: March 12, 2019
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to enter into agreements with Crescent Electric Supply, 517 S River Street, Aurora, IL and SolarMax LED, Inc., 3080 12th St, Riverside, CA 92507 in the amounts of $173,582.00 and $66,850.74, respectively, for the purchase of LED Street Lights.
PURPOSE:
To obtain approval to authorize the Director of Purchasing to enter into agreements with Crescent Electric Supply, 517 S River Street, Aurora, IL and SolarMax LED, Inc., 3080 12th St, Riverside, CA 92507 in the amounts of $173,582.00 and $66,850.74, respectively, for the purchase of LED Street Lights.
BACKGROUND:
As was the case last year, the City recently applied for the latest round of Com Ed Energy Efficiency Program incentives to continue with the conversion of existing HPS streetlights to more energy efficient LED fixtures.
Since pricing for many of the fixtures to be installed this Spring was not provided as part of the annual Electrical Materials and Supplies contract, the City solicited and recently received bids from 5 companies to furnish and deliver the 1530 specific fixtures to be installed. The solicitation (RFB) stated that while General Electric (GE) is the City's preferred brand for consistency with the LED fixtures installed to date, respondents could propose other brand equivalents with comparable performance specifications and recognized levels of quality, subject to review and approval by the City as a condition of acceptance and award. Additionally, any alternative brand fixture must be Design Lights Consortium (DLC) certified to be eligible for Com Ed's incentive program. Three of the five bids received were eliminated from consideration due to lack of DLC certification provided or not being the lowest bidder. The two remaining bids from SolarMax LED, Inc. (Riverside, CA) and Crescent Electric (Aurora, IL) were eligible for con...
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