CITY OF NORCROSS | February 06, 2023

City of Norcross Department of Public Works, Utilities & Parks

Request for Proposal (PWUP 23-01)

City Wide Lighting & Decorations Services & Maintenance

PROJECT SCOPE

The City of Norcross is requesting Sealed Proposals for City wide Annual lighting &

Decorations & Maintenance Services for holiday and other events lighting and decorations for designated areas within the city of Norcross as illustrated on accompanied exhibits.

The term of the initial agreement shall be for the 2023 holiday season. The intent of the RFP is to have a successful contractor enter into an agreement with the city for the desired services. The City of Norcross will retain the option, at its sole discretion, to award up to three (3) renewal periods of one (1) year each. The selected contractor will use creative ideas and concepts to ensure cohesiveness in the holiday theme and design of all lights and decorations in all areas designated by the City of Norcross in this RFP.

All work must be conducted according to industry standards

INSTRUCTIONS

All sealed proposals must be submitted by Friday, March 31, 2023, @ 11:00 AM to the address below:

Please submit two hard (paper) copies and one soft (PDF or other electronic document on a CD) of your RFP package to:

Matthew Zaki, PE. CFM

PWUP 23-01

Department of Public Works, Utilities & Parks 345 Lively Avenue

Norcross, GA 30071

Please request RFP documents/specifications and submit questions via e-mail only. Submit questions/requests to Shahin Khalili via e-mail at Shahin.khalili@norcrossga.net. Addenda will be posted on the City of Norcross website. After the RFP is issued, no contact will be permitted between the vendors and any other city staff members or elected officials

All questions/requests must be submitted via e-mail prior to March 17, 2023.

MANDATORY: Pre-Bid Meeting

All vendors are required to attend a pre-bid meeting Friday, March 3, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m. @ 345 Lively Ave, Norcross, GA 30071.

The City of Norcross reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Proposals and award in the best of interest of the city.

We appreciate your interest in the City of Norcross!

mailto:Shahin.khalili@norcrossga.net

Response assessment based upon:

1) Qualifications.

2) Experience.

3) References.

4) Thoroughness of response.

5) Cost

SPECIFICATIONS

The City of Norcross is seeking a company that will provide a creative and cohesive Holiday and special events display throughout the city. The city is attempting to develop the same level of services provided and for the contractor to propose any improvements throughout. The city of Norcross requires lighting and decorations in various locations. All respondents must thoroughly acquaint themselves with these locations.

The city of Norcross is requesting Sealed Proposals for City wide Annual lighting & Decorations & Maintenance Services for holiday and other events lighting and decorations for designated areas within the city of Norcross as illustrated on accompanied exhibits.

The term of the initial agreement shall be for the 2023 holiday season. The intent of the RFP is to have a successful contractor enter into an agreement with the city for the desired services. The City of Norcross will retain the option, at its sole discretion, to award up to three (3) renewal periods of one (1) year each. The selected contractor will use creative ideas and concepts to ensure cohesiveness in the holiday theme and design of all lights and decorations in all areas designated by the City of Norcross in this RFP.

All work must be conducted according to industry standards

REQUIREMENT

Estimates must include labor and all materials as specified; no substitutions for materials are allowed unless approved by owner.

I. GENERAL CONDITIONS

VENDORS ARE ADVISED TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL

CONDITIONS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THEIR

PROPOSALS.

A. Qualifications

1. Proposals will be considered only from experienced and well-equipped Vendor(s) engaged in work of this type and magnitude.

2. Vendors may be required to submit evidence setting forth qualifications, which entitle his or her company for consideration as a responsible Vendor. A list of work of similar character successfully completed within the last two years may be required giving the location, size and listing of equipment available for use on this work. Before accepting any proposals, the City may require evidence of the Vendor’s financial ability to successfully perform the work to be accomplished under the contract.

B. Guarantee to Accompany Proposal

1. If the proposal is greater than $30,000.00, Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check or cashier’s check or acceptable bid bond in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount proposal per section, and failure to submit a bid bond will be cause for rejection.

C. Authority to Sign

1. The vendor should make sure that the legal proper name of his/her proprietorship, firm, partnership and/or corporation is printed or typed in the space provided on the Schedule of items.

D. Rights Reserved

1. City of Norcross reserves the right to reject all Proposals, to waive informalities or to re-advertise. It is understood that all Proposals are made subject to this agreement, that City of Norcross reserves the right to decide which Proposals it deems lowest and best. In arriving at this decision, full consideration will be given to the reputation of the Proposer, their financial responsibility, and work of this type successfully completed and past performance with the City of Norcross.

2. Proposers are advised to examine the lighting and decorations & maintenance specifications and all accompanied exhibits carefully and to make examinations of the site(s) of the proposed work as are necessary to familiarize themselves with location conditions, which may affect the proposed work. Proposers are also advised to inform themselves fully in regard to conditions under which the work will be performed. The City of Norcross will not be responsible for the Proposers errors or misjudgment, nor for any information on location conditions or general laws and regulations.

3. Any unauthorized additions, conditions, limitations, or provisions attached to the Proposal shall render it informal and may be cause for rejection.

E. Award of Contract

1. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible Proposer whose

Proposal will be most advantageous to the City, price and other factors considered. The city is to make the determination.

2. The Proposal evaluation will be made on the following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance

1. Strength of overall proposal 20 Points

a) Cohesive decorative expression

b) Clear Understanding of requirements.

2. Experience with same scale holiday for municipalities 25 Points

a) Number, type, quality, and scale of similar projects

b) References from past projects

3. Innovative, creative approaches to rendering the required services 15 Points

4. Proven Experience to complete projects in a timely manner 15 Points

5. Pricing 25 Points

Total Points available 100 Points

3. Prior to award of the Contract, the successful Proposer will be required to submit a schedule to the City, demonstrating the Proposer’s ability to commence and proceed in a timely manner.

A Proposer’s failure to demonstrate the ability to proceed as required may result in the award to the next lowest, responsive, and responsible proposer, as deemed in the City’s best interest.

4. Failure to demonstrate the ability for contract execution and progression will result in, at the City’s discretion, the award of any and/or all the Proposer’s contracts to the next lowest responsible bidder or the re-advertisement and re-bidding of any and/or all these contracts.

5. Prior to execution of a Contract, if the contract amount is greater than $30,000.00, a Contract Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each equal to 100% of the Contract amount per section, must be provided by the successful Proposer by a surety company qualified to do business in the State of Georgia with an AM Best rating of B+ or higher and satisfactory to the City of Norcross. Bonds given shall meet the requirements as listed in this RFP package.

F. Production Requirements

1. Time is of the utmost importance of this project. The successful Proposer will be required to commence work within ten (10) calendar days from the receipt of the Notice to Proceed and must carry on with utmost diligence in order to complete the work according to the Lighting and Decorations specifications in the RFP.

G. Prices and Invoicing Progress Payments and Retainage

1. Prices shall be provided based on the prices and fee schedule provided in Vendor’s response.

Vendor shall submit an invoice with NET 30-day payment terms for services performed for the City of Norcross under the terms of the executed contract. The invoice shall be directed to Shahin Khalili, Landscape and Beautification Manager @ 345 Lively Ave, Norcross, GA 30071.

The invoice shall contain a complete itemization of delivered goods and/or services. The total amount due, invoice number, invoice date, the designated project number, if applicable, and the City of Norcross’ purchase Order Number.

1. The City shall retain a maximum of 10 percent of each progress payment; provided, however, when 50 percent of the contract value including change orders and other additions to the contract value provided for by the contract documents is due and the manner of completion of the contract work and its progress are reasonably satisfactory to the City, the City shall withhold no more retainage. At the discretion of the City and with the approval of the Contractor, the retainage of each subcontractor may be released separately as the subcontractor completes his or her work.

H. Location and Site(s)

1. The site(s) of the proposed work is as provided in the property names and locations table and exhibits in Appendix I. All work is within City limits of the City of Norcross, Georgia.

2. The vendor shall accept the site(s) in its present condition and carry out all work in accordance with the requirements of the specifications as indicated on the drawings or as directed by the Department of Public Works, Utilities and Parks, if applicable.

3. The vendor, before submitting a bid Proposal is required to visit the site(s) and acquaint himself/herself with the actual conditions and the location of any and/or all obstructions that may exist on the site(s). The site(s) visit(s) must be confirmed by the Project Manager.

4. The vendor is responsible for the location of above and below ground utilities and structures, which may be affected by the work.

I. Compliance with OSHA Standards and Regulations

The work connected with this Contract shall be performed in accordance with all applicable OSHA regulations and standards including any additions or revisions thereto, until the job is completed and accepted by the City of Norcross.

J. Non-Collusion

Vendor(s), by submitting signed Proposal, certify that the accompanying Proposal is not the result of, or affected by, any unlawful act of collusion with any other person or company engaged in the same line of business or commerce, or any other fraudulent act punishable under Georgia or United States law.

K. Materials

1. Unless otherwise specified in the Contract Documents, Vendor shall provide and assume full responsibility for all services, materials, equipment, labor, transportation, equipment and machinery, tools, appliances, fuel, power, light, heat, telephone, water, sanitary facilities, temporary facilities, and all other facilities and incidentals necessary for the completion of the Work.

2. All materials and equipment incorporated into the Work shall be of good quality and new, except as otherwise provided in the Contract Documents. All special warranties and guaran-tees required by the Specifications shall expressly run to the benefit of Owner.

L. Inspection

City of Norcross does not commit to have a full-time inspection or testing of work while in progress or at sources of materials furnished. Any lack of inspection and/or testing will in no way relieve the Vendor of his responsibility to provide quality workmanship in accordance with the specifications.

Base placement and subgrade prep will be inspected by the City of Norcross, at the City’s cost. Any test ordered under the supervision of the city that fail to meet standards and retesting is required will be at the Vendors expense.

M. Contract Requirements

1. Successful vendor is required to do the following within ten (10) days of Notice:

a) Return to Department of Public Works contract documents executed by the authorized representative attested by the corporate secretary treasurer.

b) Provide Insurance Certificates as specified in the RFP documents.

c) Provide bonding as required by the RFP documents

2. Failure to execute the Contract, Contract Performance Bond and Payment Bond, or furnish satisfactory proof of carriage of the insurance required within ten days after the date of Notice of Award of the Contract may be just cause for the annulment of the award and for the forfeiture of the RFP guaranty of City of Norcross, not as a penalty, but as liquidation of damages sustained. At the discretion of the City, the award may then be made to the next lowest, responsible bidder, or the work may be re-advertised or constructed by City forces.

The Contract and Contract Bonds shall be executed in duplicate.

N. Miscellaneous Provisions

1. Schedule: The Vendor shall provide to Shahin.Khalili@norcrossga.net a schedule of activities. The schedule must be presented at least seven (7) days prior to work commencing in order to notify residents and/or businesses.

2. Work Hours: No work shall take place on Sunday unless approved by the City of Norcross. The Vendor shall submit to the City of Norcross a written request at least seven

(7) days prior to the weekend work. See City Ordinance Sec. 26-22.

3. Detour/Closures: All road closures and detours shall be approved by the Norcross Department of Public Works, Utilities and Parks

4. Disposal of Refuse: The Vendor shall be solely responsible for disposing of materials and shall take into account, before submitting proposal the compliance with the above stated ordinances and regulations. Disposal of debris must be done in a lawful manner, in accordance with all applicable federal, state and/or local laws, statutes, rules, ordinances, and/or regulations. All trash and debris shall be collected and removed from the site(s) on the day of service. The Vendor will not be permitted to burn any of the materials on site(s) or within the boundary limits of Norcross, Georgia. The City is contracted with Waste Management; thus the Vendor must use their services for waste removal.

RFP PACKET CHECKLIST

PROJECT: ________________________________________________________

RFP DATE: ________________________________________________________

Enclosed with this RFP Packet are the following Forms and instructions. Use this checklist to ensure you have properly completed all Forms. You must return the following pages to be eligible for consideration of this project.

_______ Two Hard Copies & One Electronic Copy of RFP

_______ RFP Form

_______ Bid Bond or Certified Check, if bid is over $30,000

_______ Certificate of Liability Insurance

_______ E-Verify Contractor & SAVE Affidavits

_______ Reference Page

_______ Ship Proposal to: City of Norcross 345 Lively Avenue Norcross, GA 30071

Attn: Matthew Zaki, Director of Public Works, Utilities and Parks

References for _____________________________________________________________

The Vendor must provide at the time of RFP opening a list of contact numbers, addresses and a contact person from three (3) jobs completed having similar specification within the metro Atlanta area.

City of Norcross requests a minimum of three (3) references where work of a similar size and scope has been completed.

1. Company Name: _______________________________________________________

Description of Project: __________________________________________________

Completion Date: ______________________________________________________

Contact Person: ________________________________________________________

Telephone: ____________________________ Fax: ___________________________

Email address: ________________________________________________________

2. Company Name: _______________________________________________________

Description of Project: __________________________________________________

Completion Date: ______________________________________________________

Contact Person: ________________________________________________________

3. Company Name: _______________________________________________________

Description of Project: __________________________________________________

Completion Date: ______________________________________________________

Contact Person: ________________________________________________________

Appendix I

Annual Light & Décor Services

CITY OF NORCROSS ANNUAL LIGHTING AND

DECORATIONS MAINTENANCE

TREES, PARKS, & STREETSCAPE LIGHTING

Services to include all labor necessary to complete work proposed. The services include.

• Contractor to wrap all designated trees in selected areas (both listed below), with color changing, mini-LED light strands. Trees will be wrapped throughout the branching of the tree. These lights and strands will be owned, maintained by the contractor.

• Contractor to visually inspect each tree once a month to ensure that light strands are not too tight due to tree growth; replace light strands that are damaged or dim.

Inspection shall be completed during the first week of each month unless alternate schedule agreed to by City representative and the contractor.

o Unwrap and re-wrap trees as needed to loosen light strands and prune dead, diseased or hazardous branches as needed.

• Visually inspect the roof lighting on Thrasher Park gazebo, Depot, and Cotton Gin to ensure all lights are working and clips are in place.

• Visually inspect the flagpole lighting at the Depot, City Hall, Public Works building, and the Rectory.

• Visually inspect and adjust colors of the 8 up-lights around the rotunda of the City Hall building. Adjustments will be done remotely from an App the contractor will have access to.

• Set-up, move and operate city-owned GOBO projectors with appropriate disc displays as needed per event and holiday.

• Visually inspect all landscape lighting, including:

1) S. Peachtree St.

-Shopside -4 crape myrtles

-18 Chinese Elms -2 smaller Crape Myrtles at crosswalk -Trackside -13 Chinese Elms -2 Ginkgo -4 Maple -5 Chinese Pistache -2 smaller Crape Myrtles at crosswalk

2) Jones St.

-4 Chinese Elms -6 Eastern Redbuds

-7 Crape Myrtles -1 Chinese Pistache

3) Lawrenceville St.

-6 crape myrtles o Step lights, in-grade and above-grade up-lights, and column top lights for

Thrasher Park, Lillian Webb Park, and Betty Mauldin Park.

o Lighting behind City Hall.

o Bollards at Lillian Webb Park and along sidewalk next to Iron Horse Tavern parking lot.

o Walkway and up-lights at the Rectory, up-lights on signage at Lionheart, up-lights at the Welcome Center, and up-lights at Thrasher Park EDC monument.

o Lighting on the signage along Lawrenceville Street.

o Strand and bulbs over Skin Alley o Lights around perimeter of raised planters at the library plaza.

• Services to include one call a month for emergency repairs.

• Services include replacement of light strands or drivers; replacements that are not covered in this scope will require prior approval before replacing.

• Services does not include replacement* of photocells, outlets, power boxes, fixtures, or lamps; replacements will be billed as required.

Rent/Install/Maintenance Costs: ________________

* Each bid should include cost for the city of Norcross to rent the year-round landscaping/tree wrapping lights from contractor. All tree wrapping lights will need to be color changing, mini-LED bulbs, capable of being changed to a wide range of colors. This is separate from the seasonal Christmas/Holiday lighting and decorations in which the city of Norcross owns.

Examples of expectations-

Appendix II

City-Wide Christmas Services

City of Norcross Christmas Lighting and Decoration locations

Costs for the areas listed below must include setup, installation, maintenance, and takedown, All Christmas/Seasonal lights and decorations in this category are already owned by the city.

Discovery Garden Park-

• Multicolor garland (8 strands) swagged on both sides’ arbor with (10) Bows.

• 24” LED wreaths on the each of the two columns at the 3 entrances with bows.

• Canopy wrap the Spruce with MC LED mini lights.

• Install icicle lights on the pavilion roof.

• Install a LED wreath on the light pole.

Reuse Costs: _______________

Welcome Center-

• Install LED icicle lights on the front.

• Install 4 LED wreaths on the front porch windows.

Cotton Gin-

• Install a 72” LED wreath on the front of the building.

• Install (1) 48” and (7) 36” LED wreaths on the building facing City Hall. (4 on windows of top floor, 3 in between windows on bottom floor)

City Hall-

• 18” garland on city hall front

• 24” Bows (10)

• Install (9) 96” LED wreaths on the front of the rotunda.

Betty Mauldin Park-

• Install (~30) Supernova 4’ warm and cool white LED hanging lights with motion in the large Elm tree.

• Install garland with bows on the bell tower.

Heritage Park-

• Install (5) 9’ full LED trees on Heritage hillside above the wall.

• Install Supernova (~26) 4’ warm and cool white LED hanging lights with motion in the trees around the park.

• Install a LED wreath on the Lionheart wall.

Garland/Wreaths-

• Install 36” LED wreaths on all the decorative poles on HB, South Peachtree, Park, Jones, Lawrenceville St, Britt, College, and Skin Alley.

• Install unlit garland on all the benches along HB, South Peachtree, Park, Jones, Lawrenceville St, Britt, College, and Skin Alley.

Lillian Webb Park-

• Wrap 6 Crape Myrtles with R/W LED mini lights in front of platforms/stairs.

• Install LED icicles on the pergolas by the splashpad.

• Install the Three Arches on the splashpad.

• Gazebo- Install 9’x14” LED garland on the arches.

• Canopy the large Arborvitae trees by the gazebo with LED mini lights.

• Install icicle lights on the bathroom building.

• Install LED wreaths on the stone columns on college Street.

• Branch wrap the Crape Myrtle trees on College with LED mini lights.

• Branch wrap the trees along the top of the wall in the tree beds with LED mini lights.

• Wrap ~9 Black Gum trees by library turnaround with LED multi color mini lights.

• Wrap canopy of 3 Water Oaks off Britt Ave. with single color mini-LED lights.

• Wrap 3 Crape Myrtles on corner of Britt Avenue with multicolor mini-LED lights

Holcomb Bridge Road-

• Branch wrap all the trees on both sides from Buford Hwy to S. Peachtree with R/G/W

LED mini light.

• Install Large Potted Poinsettia’s at the corner of HB and S Peachtree with lights.

• Install the Gobo Projector on the side of Dominick’s.

South Peachtree Street-

• Branch wrap the 4 Crape myrtles at the crosswalk with different color LED mini lights.

• Install a group of artificial trees (3 large, 2 small) with Gold/Silver ornaments in the lawn on the side of the Depot.

• Install LED wreaths on the columns at Veteran’s Park

• Install the large projector on the Masonic Lodge upper fascia.

Skin Alley/Jones-

• Install Lit gift boxes on the luggage cart on skin alley.

• Install 2 tower trees with lights along skin alley.

• Install 4 special (white and metal) wreaths on the skin alley poles and compactor.

• Install icicle lights on the compactor roof.

• Install large Santa and group of 3 tower trees at Jones.

• Branch wrap the Maddox Crape myrtle trees along Skin alley.

• Install the Gobo projector on the side of the old bank.

Thrasher Park -

• Install LED wreaths on the columns at the corner entrances.

• Install LED light on the roof of the bathroom building.

• Install icicle lights on the bandshell roof.

• Install garland and wreaths on the bandshell stage wall.

• Hang large snowflakes in the large trees.

• Install icicle lights on the gazebo.

Rossie Brundage Park -

• Install (~26) Supernova 3-4’ hanging LED lights with motion in the trees of the park.

• Install 36” LED wreaths on the light poles around the park.

Pinnacle Park-

• Install LED icicle lights on the two gazebos.

• Install an LED MC wreath on the bathroom building.

College Ave.-

• All trees in planters wrapped with multicolor mini-LED lights.

Reuse Costs: _______________

Rectory Building-

• Install 3 LED wreathes on wall facing the Cultural Arts building.

Appendix III

City Hall Lighting Schedule

Event Holiday Date Event Date (if applicable) Start End Color(s) SEC Championship 9‐Jan 10‐Jan 13‐Jan L1 ‐ L8 Red

L1, L2, L3 Red L4, L5 White

L6, L7, L8 Blue L1, L3, L5, L7 Red L2, L4, L6, L8 Pink

St Patrick's Day 17‐Mar 18‐Mar 16‐Mar 20‐Mar L1 ‐ L8 Green Autism Awareness 2‐Apr 30‐Mar 3‐Apr L1 ‐ L8 Blue

Easter 9‐Apr 8‐Apr 7‐Apr 10‐Apr PD Week 5/14 ‐ 5/20 15‐May 19‐May L1 ‐ L8 Blue

L1, L2, L3 Red L4, L5 White

L6, L7, L8 Blue Bluesberry 24‐Jun 22‐Jun 26‐Jun L1 ‐ L8 Blue

L1, L2, L3 Red L4, L5 White

L6, L7, L8 Blue Purple Heart 7‐Aug 4‐Aug 3‐Aug 8‐Aug L1 ‐ L8 Purple

L1, L2, L3 Red L4, L5 White

L6, L7, L8 Blue Halloween

L1, L2, L3 Red L4, L5 White

L6, L7, L8 Blue L1, L3, L5, L7 Red L2, L4, L6, L8 Green

City Hall Lights App: Inspiration 2.0 PW: NorcrossCityH1

MLK Day 16‐Jan 13‐Jan

Valentine's Day 14‐Feb 2/10 & 2/11 9‐Feb 16‐Feb

TBD

Christmas 25‐Dec 1‐Dec 27‐Nov 2‐Jan

Veterans Day 11‐Nov 11‐Nov 9‐Nov 13‐Nov

TBD

September 11th 11‐Sep 11‐Sep 8‐Sep 12‐Sep

4th of July 4‐Jul 3‐Jul 29‐Jun 6‐Jul

Memorial Day 29‐May 29‐May 25‐May 30‐May

Appendix IV

Downtown Décor Schedule

Event Event Date Lighting Locations Install Plug In Uninstall

Small Projector Community Center Large Projector Masonic Lodge Small Projector Dominick's Tree Lights Rectory Small Projector Dominick's Large Projector S Peachtree 2 Wreaths Lillian Webb Park 2 Wreaths Bell Tower 2 Wreaths Veterans Park 2 Wreaths Thrasher Park Small Projector Masonic Lodge Tree Lights Jones st Small Projector Masonic Lodge Tree Lights Jones St Tree Lights 4 Crosswalk trees 27-Jun 2 Wreaths Lillian Webb Park 2 Wreaths Bell Tower 2 Wreaths Veterans Park 2 Wreaths Thrasher Park 2 Ribbons Lillian Webb Park 2 Ribbons Bell Tower 2 Ribbons Veterans Park 2 Ribbons Thrasher Park

September 11th 9/11/2023 2 Wreaths Bell Tower 8-Sep 12-Sep Veterans Day 11/11/2023 2 Wreaths Veterans Park 10-Nov 14-Nov Christmas 12/1/2023

Memorial Day 5/29/2023

8-Feb 10-Feb 14-Feb

St Patrick's Day 3/18/2023 9-Mar 11-Mar 21-Mar

Valentine's 2/10/23 & 2/11/23

25-May N/A 30-May

22-May 25-May

Refer to Appendix II

N/A

6-Jul

Purple Heart 8/4/2023 1-Aug 7-AugN/A

Red, White, & Boom 7/3/2023

N/A 30-Jun

30-Jun

Appendix V

Inspiration Control System App instructions

INSPIRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

Solid State LED Color Tuning

RELEASED

09/29/2020

REFERENCE NUMBER

INS-2504-00

40429 Brickyard Drive • Madera, CA 93636 • USA

559.438.5800 • FAX 559.438.5900

www.bklighting.com • info@bklighting.comB-K LIGHTING

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF B-K LIGHTING, INC. AND ITS RECEIPT OR POSSESSION DOES NOT CONVEY ANY RIGHTS TO REPRODUCE, DISCLOSE ITS CONTENTS, OR TO MANUFACTURE, USE OR SELL ANYTHING IT MAY DESCRIBE. REPRODUCTION, DISCLOSURE OR USE WITHOUT SPECIFIC WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF B-K LIGHTING, INC. IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION - READ, FOLLOW, AND SAVE THESE INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS

TOOLS

NEEDED:

By Others

Inspiration Control System on iOS Device

• Product must be installed by a qualified person in a manner consistent with its intended use and in compliance with the National Electrical Code, Canadian Electrical Code, and all Local and Provincial Codes.

• Follow product label information and instructions.

• Qualified Personnel must perform all servicing or relamping of this product.

• Before wiring to power supply and during servicing or relamping, turn off power at fuse or circuit breaker before service.

• The use of accessory equipment not recommended by the manufacturer or installed contrary to instructions may cause an unsafe condition. The use of damaged components may

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION - READ, FOLLOW, AND SAVE ALL

SAFETY AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

cause an unsafe condition and void product warranty.

• Do not block light emanating from product in whole or part, as this may cause an unsafe condition.

• Never operate the fixture with missing or damaged lens.

Lens must be cleaned on regular basis.

• Entire fixture may become extremely hot. Do not touch hot lens or fixture body. Do not touch the lamp at any time. Use a clean, dry, soft cloth to handle the lamp. Oil from skin may damage the lamp and cause it to rupture.

• Replace lamp only with correct wattage and type of lamp marked on fixture label.

• All gaskets, o-rings and sealing surfaces must be kept clean during installation and service; failure to do this may cause an unsafe condition and void product warranty.

INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO

A RISK OF FIRE, OR INJURY

TO PERSONS IMPORTANT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Lighted lamp is HOT!

WARNING - To reduce the risk of FIRE OR INJURY TO

PERSONS:

Turn off/unplug and allow to cool before replacing lamp.

Lamp gets HOT quickly! Contact only switch/plug when turning on.

Do not touch hot lens, guard, or enclosure (see diagram/picture).

Keep lamp away from materials that may burn.

Do no touch the lamp at any time. Use a soft cloth. Oil from skin may damage lamp.

Do not operate the luminaire fitting with a missing or damaged shield.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

iOS device with installed Inspiration Control System App is required for Bluetooth® Wireless Control.

Bluetooth® version 4.0 or higher required.

iOS Devices:

Device Requirements iTunes®, iPad mini®; iPad Air®; iPod® are trademarks of Apple Inc. Bluetooth® is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Fixture Name

Menu Button

Scan Button

SceneSet® Options

SceneSet® Copy

SceneSet® Paste

HUE (in Degrees)

Saturation Percentage

CCT

Temperature

Dimming Percentage

Group Name (If Applicable)

Fixture Name

Main Menu Screen Commissioning Tool Screen

Wattage In Use

Bluetooth® Signal Strength to Fixture from Device

SceneSet® Available for Copy & Paste Option

Back Button

Commissioning Tool Button

PLEASE REVIEW THE IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION BEFORE OPERATING YOUR FIXTURE(S) WITH THE

INSPIRATION CONTROL SYSTEM MOBILE APPLICATION.

40429 Brickyard Drive • Madera, CA 93636 • USA

559.438.5800 • FAX 559.438.5900

www.bklighting.com • info@bklighting.comB-K LIGHTING

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION LISTED ON REVERSE

READ, FOLLOW, AND SAVE ALL SAFETY AND INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS

RELEASED

09/29/2020

REFERENCE NUMBER

INS-2504-00

Wireless Bluetooth® Controls with Inspiration Application Download the Inspiration™ App from the iTunes® App Store and install. Check device for compatibility. Device with Bluetooth® version 4.0 or higher is required.

iOS Devices:

iOS device (Not Included) with installed B-K Lighting Inspiration Application required for use.

INSPIRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

Solid State LED Color Tuning

CREATE ACCOUNT

1. Create a new account by entering desired user name (email address) and password. Hit the ‘next’ button.

2. Confirm password by entering it again. Hit the ‘Confirm’’ button to continue.

LOG IN WITH AN ACCOUNT

3. Log in to an existing account by entering in your user name (email address) and password.

1. Ensure fixtures that are part of the Inspiration Control System are powered on. Application will scan for available fixtures upon login.

2. If additional fixtures need to be scanned, press the ‘scan’ button on upper right, and the application will re-scan for all available fixtures.

Note: Bluetooth® must be available and powered on operating device. iOS device must be within signal range of fixture for wireless operation.

ICONS ON RIGHT OF SLIDER

GREEN - If icon is green, press icon to continue to commissioning tool screen.

RED ICON- If icon is red, account is not logged in, the fixture is locked by another account, and cannot be controlled.

MAGENTA ICON- If the icon is magenta, the fixture is assigned to logged in user name, but under a different password. The fixture cannot be controlled until proper password is entered.

Inspiration Application Home Screen

Commissioning Tool Screen

3. Intensity is controlled via the slider on the application home screen. Holding circle and dragging will adjust dimming amount.

Pressing and holding circle will bring up numeric keypad for direct entry of dimming percentage.

2. The CCT range is detected automatically.

Tapping on side of slider will adjust CCT.

Pressing and holding circle on slider will bring up numeric keyboard for direct entry.

Note: When adjusting CCT, Hue and Saturation must both be set to 0.

3. Saturation adds gradients of color to a white point. It can bee adjusted in increments of 1%, from 0% to 100%. Tapping on side of slider will adjust Saturation.

Pressing and holding circle on slider will bring up numeric keyboard for direct entry.

4. Hue enables different colors to be added to light in values from 1 to 60 in increments of 1 degree.

Tapping on side of slider will adjust Hue.

Pressing and holding circle on slider will bring up numeric keyboard for direct entry.

RENAMING FIXTURE(S)

5. Tap name of fixture to bring up keyboard.

Rename as needed, then hit ‘done’.

1. The dimming range is detected automatically.

Tapping on side of slider will adjust dimming percentage.

Pressing and holding circle on slider will bring up numeric keyboard for direct entry.

Note: Adjust-e-Lume® fixtures will not have CCT, Saturation or Hue options available.

Signal Range:

Denali Series™ - Up to 5ft from fixture location Nite Star Series™ - Up to 40ft from fixture location

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RELEASED

09/29/2020

REFERENCE NUMBER

INS-2504-00

SceneSet® iOS device (Not Included) with installed B-K Lighting Inspiration Application required for use.

INSPIRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

Solid State LED Color Tuning

SceneSet® allows for up to five scenes to be programmed into the lamp, then recalled by tapping one of the SceneSet® buttons.

1. To save a scene, set fixture to desired settings.

Press and hold one of the SceneSet® buttons until either a beep is heard or the device vibrates. The button will then display the dominant color of the scene as a visual cue.

2. If fixture is assigned in a group, the ‘Apply to Group’ button is displayed. Tapping the button will apply scene to entire group.

COPY and PASTE SceneSet® FEATURES

1. The ‘Copy SceneSet®’ button will copy all 5 current color scenes, and display them in smaller rectangles below.

2. Select fixture to copy to from the main screen, then select scene. Hit ‘Paste SceneSet®’ button.

SceneSet®

SceneSet®

SceneSet® allows for 0-10V Control Options if selected.

To switch between SceneSet® mode with 0-10V controls or not, simply toggle the option with a tap of the button.

SceneSet® 0-10V Control Option

DMX Channels Setup

The Inspiration application allows for setting DMX channels for Dimming, CCT, Saturation and Hue.

To set a channel number for each of the options, press and hold circle, then slide to the desired channel or tap on the number box to bring up numeric keyboard for direct entry.

The channel number in the Inspiration application must match the equivalent channel number in the DMX control panel in order to work correctly.

Remainder of the setup takes place in the DMX control panel.

DMX Channels

NOTE:

If fixture was not ordered for use with a DMX system, then fixture is not supplied with DMX connector and will NOT support this set up tool.

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INSPIRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

Solid State LED Color Tuning

40429 Brickyard Drive • Madera, CA 93636 • USA

559.438.5800 • FAX 559.438.5900

www.bklighting.com • info@bklighting.comB-K LIGHTING

RELEASED

09/29/2020

REFERENCE NUMBER

INS-2504-00

OPTIONS MENU

Log into your account. Access the menu on the upper left side.

Discovery Distance - This option changes the discovery distance. When commissioning fixtures, reducing the discovery distance enables connection to the closest lamp.

Logout - This option logs the user out of the current account.

Change Password - This option only shows when logged in. Changing the password will change the current account password. This will securely lock the fixtures commissioned with the original password, and the icons for those lamps on the main screen will change to magenta.

Note: To change the locked fixtures, enter the original account password.

1. Tap “Reset Password” in the upper right corner of the Sign In screen.

2. Enter the email address associated with your Inspiration 2.0 account, then tap “OK” to be sent a password reset link to the email address entered.

3. You will receive an email from noreply@ tunablecolor2.firebaseapp.com with a password reset link. Clicking the link will prompt you to enter a new password and save it. You will then be able to login with the associated email and new password.

Additional Menu Options

For a full account reset please contact the B-K Lighting technical sales department at

(559) 438-5800.

ACCOUNT &

PASSWORD RESET

Creating Groups

CREATING GROUPS

1. To add a new group, log into your account.

Access the menu on the upper left side.

2. The option to ‘Add New Group’ appears on the screen. You must be logged in for this option to appear. Click the ‘Add New Group’ button.

3. Name new group. Select fixtures belonging to the group. Application will take you to the main screen to select fixtures. Fixtures in a group will be indented on the main screen.

Note: Only fixtures with the same module can be grouped together.

DELETING GROUPS

1. To delete a group, go to the Commissioning

Screen. Select the group name, then hit ‘Cancel’. This will delete the group. The fixture should no longer associated with a group.

Resetting Your Account Password

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