Traffic Signal Maintenance, Staunton District

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is soliciting sealed bids for traffic signal maintenance services across the Staunton District's eleven counties, with bids due October 30, 2026 and a mandatory pre-bid conference on October 19 at 10:00 a.m. EST at 811 Commerce Road, Staunton, Virginia. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is required for bid eligibility. This is not a small business set-aside, but DSBSD-certified small businesses receive award priority consideration.

The scope includes furnishing and installing traffic signal components; performing utility locating, preventive maintenance, and corrective maintenance on all VDOT-owned and operated traffic signals, overhead flashers, advance warning flashers, street-lighting fixtures, and associated utilities within the district. Preventive maintenance pricing is unit-price-per-completed-and-approved-maintenance-cycle; corrective maintenance is time-and-materials with labor rates, equipment rates, and materials at actual cost with no markup. Emergency work labor is compensated at 1.5 times normal bid prices.

Bidders must demonstrate minimum two years documented experience in traffic signal installation, testing, and repair. Required equipment includes at minimum two bucket trucks with 35-foot working height, one truck-mounted attenuator, one digger derrick with 42-foot sheave height, and one mini excavator. All personnel must obtain IMSA Traffic Signal Technician Level I certification, work zone safety training, and valid flagging certifications; pass criminal history background checks; and comply with Medeco XT cabinet key access and cybersecurity training requirements.

Minimum insurance coverage includes workers' compensation, employer's liability of $100,000, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and automobile liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit. The contract term runs February 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, with four optional one-year renewals. Bids must be submitted electronically through eVA. Virtual public bid opening is November 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Vendor transaction fees of 1% apply (capped at $500 for small businesses, $1,500 for others) per eVA order.