REBID Repair, Maintenance, Certification Weightronix Scale Equipment

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is seeking bids for the repair, maintenance, and certification of Avery Weightronix, Rice Lake, and other scale equipment at weigh station locations across Illinois, including in McLean, St. Clair, Rock Island, and Fayette Counties. The awarded vendor will be responsible for providing quarterly certification testing, repairs, and replacement of parts for scales at multiple locations, as well as servicing and maintaining SI Lodec, PAT, and WALZ scales located at the Semi-Portable Scale Headquarters in Springfield. The initial contract term is eight years, with no renewal options specified. Vendors must be registered with the Illinois Department of Agriculture as Placed in Service Technicians and provide one-year warranties on all new parts installed.

There is no small business, minority, women, or veteran-owned business set-aside for this procurement. The State may partially or fully fund the contract with federal funds. The contract was awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, F L Walz Inc., for a total amount of $368,657.28 over the 8-year initial term. The award notice indicates that the contract includes Business Enterprise Program (BEP) and Veteran Business Program (VBP) utilization goals, though the specific percentages are not provided.