Title
Energy Performance Contract for LED Street Lighting Upgrade - Contract Award ESCO Selection
History
As a part of the Village’s effort to become more energy efficient, the Board of Trustees approved the conversion of a portion of the Village’s remaining 2500 high pressure sodium street lights to more efficient LED street lights in the FY2018 Capital Budget. This project does not include street lighting along state and county roadways such as LaGrange Road, Harlem Avenue and 159th Street and also does not include decorative lighting such as in the Old Orland Historic District.
The Village advertised the Request for Proposals (RFP 18-023) for Energy Performance Contract LED Street Lighting Upgrades on BidNet Direct from April 16 through May 17, 2018. Five hundred and fifty seven (557) vendors were notified and thirty eight (38) downloaded the documents.
The RFP was opened on May 17, 2018. Four (4) submittals were received from Control Technology & Solutions, LLC (CTS Group) of St. Louis, Missouri; Leopardo Companies, Inc. of Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Siemens Industry, Inc. of Mount Prospect, Illinois; and TEN Connected Solutions (TEN) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attached are the submittal tabulation summary and responsiveness check. Base submittal pricing and savings from three (3) of the submitters were based on standard GE equivalent wattages and one (1) submitter provided pricing on lower GE wattage fixtures. In order to have a quality comparison between submitters, staff requested the submitter to provide pricing, grants and savings based on the other wattages. A revised submittal comparison of the final two vendors is attached.
An evaluation team consisted of five staff members, Public Works (3), Development Services (1) and Finance Department (1) who participated in the review and interview process. Each team member ranked the individual submittals based on the following criteria:
1. Financial Approach - Net Economic Value to the Village. (30%)...
Click here for full text