Statewide Signal Maintenance - REBID

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Division of Purchases is issuing a Request for Bid (RFB) for statewide signal maintenance services to be performed by the Division of Traffic Operations. The procurement seeks a contractor to provide comprehensive troubleshooting, repair, and installation services for traffic signal communications equipment throughout Kentucky, including coordination of utility clearances, replacement and installation of routers, antennas, radios, cameras, data acquisition equipment, and associated cabling, along with preventive maintenance activities. Bidders must submit hourly rates for four line items: Electronic Technician (1,750 hours), Laborer (5 hours), Service Vehicle (1,750 hours), and 30' Bucket Truck (5 hours). The contractor must maintain general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and Kentucky workers' compensation insurance, provide a single crew working every week with a three-working-day response time upon notification, submit detailed daily field reports in Excel format weekly and monthly invoices, and maintain all required employee credentials and work zone traffic control certifications. Award will be based solely on price under a best value ranking approach, with the lowest bidder receiving the contract. The written question deadline is February 3, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, with responses posted February 4, 2026 at 3:30 p.m., and bids are due electronically through the Kentucky Vendor Self Service portal by February 10, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, with a tentative award date of February 17, 2026.

The solicitation document does not identify any set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to specific organization types, disadvantaged enterprises, or incumbent vendors. The initial contract period runs from award through January 31, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods available with mutual written approval and potential renegotiation of terms, and pricing must remain firm for the first twelve months with any subsequent increases requiring written justification of industry-wide changes and at least thirty days' notice. The contractor is responsible for obtaining local accommodations, meals, and all traffic control costs, which are incidental to the contract, while the Cabinet provides all materials except those specified as contractor-supplied items. The contractor must provide Automatic Vehicle Location technology on service vehicles with real-time tracking capabilities and faces liquidated damages of $500 per day for failure to meet the three-working-day response time requirement. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the available solicitation documents.