Orange County Convention Center - Campus Lighting Relay Cabinet and Controls Replacement

Orange County, Florida is procuring a comprehensive Campus Lighting Relay Cabinet and Controls Replacement project for the Orange County Convention Center through a sealed electronic bid solicitation (Y22-7039). The project involves completely replacing end-of-life lighting control equipment across multiple convention center buildings, including the West Building and North/South Building, with a focus on removing existing Lutron relay/dimmer systems and installing new relay panel/dimmer panel systems. Contractors must replace dimmer banks, relay panels, and lighting control systems, utilizing Electronic Theater Controls (ETC) Paradigm software as the lighting system headend, with specific requirements for network communications, DMX512 gateways, control processors, touchscreens, and dimmer modules. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference was held on July 14, 2022, and sealed electronic offers were due by 4:00 PM on August 16, 2022, through the OpenGov e-Procurement Platform. Bidders must be manufacturer-certified, provide comprehensive integration services including system design, configuration, programming, testing, and training, and meet extensive technical qualifications such as holding a current BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification.

The procurement includes Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) participation goals, with an overall 2% participation requirement for M/WBE subcontractors and suppliers, and specific workforce employment level goals of 18% minority and 6% women employees. The project has a substantial completion timeline of 920 consecutive calendar days and final completion in 950 consecutive calendar days from the Notice to Proceed. Liquidated damages are established at $1,200 per day for failure to meet substantial completion timelines and $750 per day for incomplete final completion requirements. Contractors must provide performance and payment bonds and demonstrate good faith efforts for M/WBE participation. The estimated total contract value is $16,485,202.00, with an optional Chapin Theater additive to remove and replace aged equipment. The system requires a 25-year total system warranty and must maintain current circuit functionalities while providing mobile interface controls and integrating with existing building management systems via BACnet IP protocol.