2027 Electrical Maintenance Assistance Contract

This Contract consists of services to assist the City of Joliet Electric Division with the maintenance of the City’s traffic signal and streetlight systems. These services are to supplement existing City Staff, primarily during normal working hours.

The items include, but are not limited to,

• Traffic Signals, including signals under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation
• Underpass fixtures & illuminated signs
• Fiber network, layer 2 and 3 network equipment, and alarm monitoring systems
• Galvanized steel conduit, electrical cable assembly, electric cable, and fiber cable
• Handholes, vaults, non-metallic raceway, breakaway devices
• Lighting controllers, light pole foundation, metal light pole foundations
• Detector loop, steel mast arm assemblies and poles, LED signal heads, video detection systems, wireless interconnect system, single-lane and two-lane traffic control.

The Contractor must provide 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, a force of qualified personnel, approved by the Engineer.

A 10% MARK UP OVER ACTUAL COST WILL BE ALLOWED FOR ALL MATERIAL PURCHASES

All bids must be submitted online through the Euna Procurement (Bonfire) portal, and must follow the exact order of documents as specified. Failure to comply with this format may result in disqualification of your submission.

All questions must be submitted exclusively through Euna Procurement (Bonfire). Questions submitted via email or phone will not be answered.

This contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible contractor considering conformity with the terms and conditions established by the City in the rules, Invitation for Proposals and contract documents. The low proposal will be primarily determined using the combined value of the hourly rates provided for the following items:

• 40’ Bucket Truck
• Foreman
• Journeyman

Performance Security: **100%**. Bid Security: **0%**.

**Prequalification required:** IDOT D1 Prequalification for Traffic Signal Maintenance. All contractors must be pre-approved, by the IDOT Central Bureau of Operations, prior to submitting a proposal.

The City of Joliet, along with its officers and employees, must be named as additional insured on a primary and non-contributory basis.

The Contract will be valid from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2030. The City of Joliet may elect to lengthen the completion of this contract for up to two additional terms, at one-year intervals, under the same terms and conditions, upon written agreement of both the City and the Contractor.