23-241 Augusta Streetlighting/Outdoor Lighting Assessment and Upgrade Need

The City of Augusta, Georgia is requesting Statements of Qualifications from streetlight support or power distribution companies interested in purchasing, operating, and maintaining the Augusta streetlight system. The selected vendor will be responsible for auditing the existing system of approximately 6,000 streetlights, providing engineering and design services, construction management, materials procurement, and implementing a centralized lighting management system with network lighting controls. Qualifications are due on Thursday, December 28, 2023 at 11:00 a.m., and a pre-qualification conference will be held on December 11, 2023. The contract term will be for five (5) years, and the City will evaluate responses based on the vendor's qualifications, experience, organization and approach, scope of services, schedule of work, references, and financial stability. Augusta reserves the right to award the contract to the most qualified and responsible proposer(s) that provide the best overall proposal(s), and may choose to award to more than one vendor.

The RFQ does not require a fee proposal to be included in the response, and the Local Small Business Opportunity program does not apply to this project. The City confirms that the vendor will not be responsible for reconciling audit data against existing billing records or GIS data, as the City will work directly with Georgia Power on the billing. The City is not interested in an alternative response structure where the vendor serves as a consultant/construction manager, as the City prefers to sell ownership of the existing system and have the vendor operate and maintain the streetlights.