NIA1 RFP 3208 Repairs to Land/navigation tower

The Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs solicited sealed bids through RFP 3208 for repairs to a Land/Navigation Tower, a 180-foot antenna tower located at Camp Grayling Joint Mobilization Training Center in Grayling, Michigan. The procurement requires a properly licensed contractor to perform repairs and antenna removal on the existing structure. The RFP was posted on Buy4Michigan on August 3, 2018, with an initial submission deadline of August 13, 2018, and bidders not recommended for award were afforded the opportunity to request a debriefing session by August 21, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. The evaluation was conducted using a best value methodology that prioritized pricing as the primary evaluation criterion. Three vendors submitted proposals for consideration, and the Department recommended Northern Tower Erection Company of Traverse City, Michigan, based on best value pricing.

The procurement was subject to potential Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business set-asides, which provide a 10 percent price consideration to eligible vendors. Northern Tower Erection Company was selected with a bid price of $12,400.00, substantially lower than competing bids from All Cell Communications at $16,125.00 and Allstate Tower at $29,500.00. Issuance of the purchase order was pending receipt of funding and State Administrative Board approval at the time of the award summary. The contract funding is contingent upon availability and State Administrative Board approval, with no guarantee that all, some, or none of the work may be funded.