Punta Gorda Weight Station Scale Replacement

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), specifically the Office of Environmental Management, is pursuing a Single Source Purchase procurement for the Punta Gorda Weight Station Scale Replacement project in Charlotte County. The procurement involves replacing existing northbound and southbound scales at the Punta Gorda Weigh Stations, with a specific focus on enhancing safety, improving mobility, and reducing commercial vehicle wait times. The project entails constructing a new scale pit that will extend the scale length to 86 feet and integrating proprietary electronic scales and software from Mettler Toledo, LLC. The procurement was posted on March 25, 2025, with a final deadline for vendor information receipt set for April 16, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. EST. Vendor submissions must be sent via email to the specified contact, and the department will review and determine whether the commodities or services are available from a single source, in accordance with section 120.57(3) of Florida Statutes.

The procurement is specifically a single source acquisition, with Mettler Toledo, LLC identified as the sole eligible vendor due to their exclusive copyright of Scale Management software and hardware integration. The estimated contract value is $767,706.00, with a contract term of one year. Mettler Toledo's proprietary electronic scales and software are critical to the Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) system, and their existing computer systems are compatible with the 7541 scales deployed throughout the state. No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the documentation. The procurement is restricted to Mettler Toledo due to their unique technological infrastructure and lack of available resellers. The existing technological ecosystem requires precise integration with Mettler Toledo's specific scale management systems, which further justifies the single source approach for this procurement.