KET Lighting Technicians (Grips)

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) issued a Request for Proposal on June 23, 2025, to procure personal service contracts for up to three lighting technicians (grips) to support television studio lighting installation projects at KET's Network Center in Lexington, Kentucky, within Fayette County. The scope of work involves hanging, aiming, and focusing approximately 280 lighting fixtures across two studio spaces, with Studio A installation estimated to commence in November 2025 and Studio B installation forecasted for July 2026, requiring a total of 17 work days with specific dates to be mutually agreed upon between KET and selected contractors. Mandatory qualifications require a minimum of five years of professional television lighting experience, and evaluation is technical-only using a maximum of 1,800 points distributed across five criteria: examples of similar projects (500 points), DMX-connected lighting fixture experience (500 points), professional references from three industry sources (600 points), and optional oral presentations or demonstrations (200 points). The proposal submission deadline is July 28, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, with written questions having been due by June 30, 2025; the anticipated contract term runs from September 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with an option to renew for up to one additional two-year period subject to approval by the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Legislative Research Commission's Government Contract Review Committee.

Compensation is structured at $650 per ten-hour workday or $325 per half-day, with travel expenses reimbursed at the state employee rate of $0.42 per mile and per diem rates ranging from $12 to $23 depending on meal period, capped at $3,500 per person for the contract duration, with invoices submitted bi-monthly on the 15th and 30th of each month. Bidders claiming resident or qualified bidder status may be eligible for preference points under Kentucky Revised Statutes 45A.490 and 45A.492; however, no specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or incumbent vendor information is designated in this solicitation. All contractors must register with the Commonwealth eProcurement System and comply with state procurement regulations, including certifications regarding debarment, tax law compliance, nondiscrimination, and conflict of interest, with proposals submitted electronically through the Kentucky Vendor Self Service System in sealed format containing technical proposals and required affidavits. No bidders' conference is applicable to this solicitation, and cost proposal evaluation is not part of the award determination process.