Streetlight Maintenance – South Zone

The work under this Contract consists of providing comprehensive streetlight maintenance services throughout Miami-Dade County for a designated zone, as defined in this Request for Price Quotation (RPQ). The Contractor shall furnish all required supervision, labor, materials (except as otherwise specified), tools, and equipment necessary to perform all operations associated with the maintenance of the Streetlight System. The work includes patrolling and maintaining designated streetlight systems along Miami-Dade County and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) corridors, as well as reporting system conditions and deficiencies in accordance with specified requirements. The Contractor shall be responsible for repairing and replacing streetlight components, replacing items under warranty claims, responding to emergency outages and knockdowns, and addressing urgent issues to restore the system to normal operation. Preventive maintenance activities shall also be performed to ensure the continued reliability and functionality of the Streetlight System. As part of this Contract, the Contractor will receive Inspection Reports identifying deficient items that must be addressed prior to the commencement of construction projects, as well as quarterly FDOT Maintenance Rating Program (MRP) Reports identifying deficiencies to be corrected within specified timeframes. In addition to the maintenance responsibilities described herein, the Contractor shall remove all unpermitted or expired permitted signs, banners, and electronic devices or components encountered within the limits of the work. All work shall be performed in accordance with Article 715ME and the Special Provisions of the Construction Specifications. The Streetlight System to be maintained under this Contract consists of an estimated 4,490 streetlights, forming part of a larger system of approximately 28,438 streetlights within Miami-Dade County. Detailed information regarding the specific circuits/corridors, streetlight information, and total streetlight light fixtures included in this Contract is provided in Appendix C and/or the Special Provisions. The number of fixtures and assigned corridors may be increased, decreased, removed, or reassigned as new corridors are incorporated into the system or existing corridors are modified, as directed by the Engineer. The Engineer reserves the right to assign work deemed to be major repairs at any location within Miami-Dade County to either the awarded Contractor or another contractor. The Successful Bidder (Contractor) is to assume the existing roadway system conditions at the time of commencement of the work. The Bidder is encouraged to examine the contract documents and the corridors that are a part of the contract carefully before submitting a proposal. Failure on the part of the bidder to completely or properly evaluate any factors of costs prior to bidding cannot form a basis for additional compensation if awarded the Contract.