IFB Roadway Weather Information System & Portable Changeable Message Signs Services, San Diego & Imperial Counties
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 11A4371
- State
- California
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdictions
- NIGP codes
- 20784 Storage Devices For Tapes And Diskettes: Containers, Racks, Etc.
- 20837 Database Software
- 92022 Data Preparation And Processing Services (Including Bates Coding)
- 22087 Weather Instruments: Anemometers, Barographs, Barometers, Hygrometers, Lightning Strike Counters, Relative Humidity Meters, Thermographs, Radar Weather Display, Etc.
- UNSPSC codes
- Point of contact
-
- Timothy Murphy timothy.murphy@dot.ca.gov (279) 234-2662
Opportunity details come from caleprocure.ca.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is soliciting bids on roadway weather information system and portable changeable message signs maintenance and support services in San Diego and Imperial Counties under IFB 11A4371, with bids due July 30, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. A 5% small-business preference and mandatory 3% disabled-veteran-business-enterprise participation requirement apply.
The scope covers on-site repair, weekly reports, and annual preventative maintenance for seven RWIS stations and six PCMS signs along Interstate 8, plus RWIS data hosting and management with redundant backup servers. The contractor must provide routine services Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (excluding state holidays), and maintain 24/7 non-routine support availability. A current C-10 Electrical or C-7 Low Voltage Systems license from the California Contractors State Licensing Board is required, along with registration with the Department of Industrial Relations. The contractor must demonstrate experience with Vaisala, Inc. RWIS equipment and provide Vaisala-trained technicians with current certifications. Materials and supplies are reimbursed at actual cost with receipts, capped at 2.5% of the subtotal.
The total bid proposal must not exceed $484,000 over a three-year contract term running September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. State General Prevailing Wage Rates apply for San Diego and Imperial Counties. Payment bonds of 100% are required for service requests of $25,000 or more. A potential DVBE incentive of up to 5% applies for qualifying participation levels, capped at $100,000 combined with any other incentives. Written questions are due July 23, 2026. Bid opening is scheduled for July 30, 2026 at 2:30 p.m., with an estimated award date of August 10, 2026.
Opportunity text
The documents and files attached to this solicitation do not have any updates for digital accessibility at this time. Updates will be applied as soon as they are available. For an accessible version of solicitation documents published on this page, please submit a request to ADAdocs@dot.ca.gov or call (833) 713-2922. Contractor agrees to provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, travel, and incidentals necessary to provide on-site repair, weekly reports, and annual preventative maintenance for the Roadway Weather Information System (RWIS) and Portable Changeable Message Signs (PCMS) in addition to RWIS data hosting/management for Caltrans.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| IFB_Solicitation_11A4371_Final.pdf |
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Similar opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity