Waive solicitation and approve sole source - sesco lighting - streetlight repair and maintenance
Awarded State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- SS-25-019-KY
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- 28576 Street And Highway Lighting Luminaires, Accessories And Parts
- 28580 Street Light Poles And Standards
- 55096 Warning Lights, Flashers, And Flashing Arrow Boards (See Class 285-76 For Streetlights And Standards)
- 91232 Construction, Street Lighting
- 91260 Maintenance And Repair, Street Lighting
- 96876 Street Light Maintenance And Repair
- UNSPSC codes
- Points of contact
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- Gabriela Ruela gruela@altamonte.org (407) 571-8074
- Roxana Siaca rsiaca@altamonte.org
- Krisha Yurkiewicz kyurkiewicz@altamonte.org (407) 571-8075
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About this opportunity
The City of Altamonte Springs, located in Seminole County, Florida, is pursuing a sole source procurement for streetlight repair and maintenance materials through SESCO Lighting for fiscal year 2025. The procurement involves waiving standard solicitation processes to authorize SESCO Lighting as the exclusive vendor for purchasing materials needed to repair and maintain a portion of the city's streetlights. The key deliverable is the acquisition of streetlight repair and replacement materials, with a primary objective of ensuring rapid response to streetlight outages and maintaining safe street and sidewalk illumination. The city has set a response deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, during which interested vendors can submit alternative solutions that might overcome the sole source justification. The evaluation criteria appear to focus on vendors' ability to provide equivalent commodities or services that match SESCO Lighting's capabilities. SESCO Lighting was identified as the sole distributor for these specific streetlights, with the procurement aimed at minimizing cost increases and ensuring immediate maintenance capabilities.
The procurement does not explicitly mention set-aside designations or specific restrictions on responding organizations. The current contract is structured as a sole source opportunity, with SESCO Lighting being the incumbent vendor. The budget for this procurement ranges from an initial $50,000 to a proposed $100,000 for fiscal year 2025, with funds allocated from account 1508040-50460. The city reserves the right to request additional information from responding vendors and will evaluate submissions to determine if legitimate competitive alternatives exist. The typical procurement timeline suggests a 4-6 week delivery period for ordered materials, and the increased inventory will help ensure more responsive maintenance and timely completion of streetlight repairs. The City Commission approved this single source request on February 4, 2025, indicating formal governmental endorsement of the procurement approach.
Opportunity text
The City of Altamonte Springs intends to waive the solicitation process and approve SESCO Lighting as a sole source vendor for the purchase of materials to affect the repair and maintenance of a portion of the streetlights owned by the City in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 for FY2025. ************* Interested Vendors (firms or individuals) that can provide the goods/services can respond with an alternate solution that overcomes the sole/single source reasons stated on the sole/single source documentation, along with sufficient detailed convincing documentation, regarding their ability to supply equivalent commodities or services. The responses must be submitted and posted online no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January, 21, 2025. ************* The City Commission approved this Single Source request on 2/4/2025. See the approved memo attached.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SS-25-019-KY_Commission_Memo_Approved.pdf | ||
| SS-25-019-KY_Commission_Memo_Final.pdf | ||
| SS-25-019-KY_Notice_of_Intent.pdf | ||
| vfile | — |
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