Vehicle Movement Area Transmitters

The City of Wichita is requesting sealed bids for procurement and installation of seventy-one Vehicle Movement Area Transmitters for Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, with bids due August 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CT and a virtual pre-bid conference scheduled for August 5, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. CT via Microsoft Teams. The project is federally funded under the Airport Improvement Program and subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, Buy American preferences, and Title VI Civil Rights assurances.

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation goal is zero percent. The scope includes procurement, delivery F.O.B. Wichita, Kansas, and installation of seventy-one transmitters with a completion deadline of ninety calendar days from Notice to Proceed. Five optional post-deployment Operations and Support services are available for years one through five following deployment.

Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, contingent upon FAA concurrence and confirmation of Federal funding. Each bid must include a bid guaranty equal to five percent of the total bid amount, issued as a bid bond by a surety approved by the United States Treasury Department and licensed in Kansas. The successful bidder must furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor & Material Payment Bond, each at one hundred percent of the contract price, running to the State of Kansas. All bond forms are provided in the bid package. Questions must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. CT on August 12, 2026, with addenda issued by August 14, 2026. Bids may be held for up to ninety days for evaluation purposes prior to award.