Steel Plate Beam Guards (2026)

Dane County, Wisconsin, through its Highway and Transportation Department, is issuing Request for Bid (RFB 2026-RFB-011) for the procurement of steel plate beam guards on an as-needed basis for the 2026 calendar year. The procurement encompasses 209 line items organized into ten product categories, including nuts and bolts, MGS guardrail sections, MASH parts, guardrail blocks and end sections, guardrail posts, SKT 350 and MSKT end treatments, Trinity Thrie-Beam Bullnose parts, Type I and II anchorage systems, Cass Cable Guard parts, and SafeFence Cable Guard parts. All materials must comply with Section 614 of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction (2026 edition) and be listed on the Wisconsin DOT Prequalified Vendor Inventory List. Vendors must submit bids electronically through the County's eProcurement Portal by February 23, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., with vendor questions due by February 13, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. and question responses provided by February 18, 2026. Delivery must be FOB destination to the Department of Public Works Highway and Transportation facility in Madison, Wisconsin, with all shipping and labor costs included via flatbed trucks with proper labeling. Vendors must carry Commercial General Liability insurance at $1,000,000 per occurrence, Business Auto Liability at $1,000,000, Environmental Impairment Liability at $1,000,000, and Workers' Compensation at Wisconsin statutory limits, with invoices due within 30 days of goods receipt and acceptance.

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the procurement documents. However, the County applies local vendor preferences, offering up to 15% price preference for Dane County-made goods, 12.5% for regionally-made goods, and 10% for Wisconsin-made goods. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the available documentation. The County reserves the right to award on a total net bid basis per category or on a per-item basis, whichever is most advantageous. While no specific budget or award value range is disclosed in the solicitation materials, the resulting contract shall be effective from the purchase order date and run for one year. Interested vendors may request to inspect premises by contacting the Purchasing Officer, Hazel Schuster, at (608) 896-3861 or schuster.hazel@countyofdane.com, though no mandatory bidders' conference or site visit is required.