Joint Use Pole Audit

The Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) is seeking proposals for a complete Joint Use pole audit of all utility poles within the BWL service territory. The audit will inventory all third-party communication fiber and equipment attachments attached to the utility poles, identify any violations of third-party attachments, and double wood (pole) locations. The successful vendor will be required to provide data in a BWL-approved format for download into the GIS system. The evaluation criteria will consider cost, experience, exceptions to terms and conditions, project timeline, and accuracy and dispute resolution timeline proposed. Key aspects of the job include: • Data collection for approximately 35,000 BWL-owned poles and 3,500 foreign-owned poles • Verification of all attachments on BWL poles and BWL attachments to AT&T poles • Bi-weekly updates to BWL and AT&T • Provision of information for each attachment, including owner, height, and type of attachment • Identification of third-party equipment attachments, including antennas, cameras, communication risers, and power supplies • Reporting of safety issues, including missing tags and double wood locations