Title/Name/Summary
Subsurface Solutions GPS Utility Locator - Material Purchase
History
In 2025, the Utilities Division started locating Village-owned street light cables for all J.U.L.I.E. requests in conjunction with water, storm, and sanitary utilities. This work was previously done by USIC as part of a contract that expired in FY2025. The Village’s GIS maps have all the Village’s streetlights layered over a satellite map and provides accurate locations but the Utility Division noticed that sections of streetlight cable routes from lights to ComEd transformers were missing from our GIS map. Without the cable routes on our GIS, this takes extra time for our staff to locate the lines.
The Street and Utilities Divisions have teamed up to locate the missing street light cable information instead of contracting this work out. The Street Divisions will be purchasing two (2) GPS locators that will be used to locate street light cables and mark them directly onto Village’s GIS maps. These locators, from Subsurface Solutions, are the only ones with GIS capabilities that are compatible with our GIS map. The Utility Division will be locating and mapping these cables at the same time, which will save valuable time and resources.
After all the missing street light cables have been located, this equipment will be used to locate and map any other Village infrastructure including water, sewer, storm, and fiber lines missing on our GIS maps.
Subsurface Solutions has also given the Village a ten percent (10%) discount on these new locators due to the Village trading in two (2) outdated utility locators.
Financial Impact
Funds for the GPS Utility Locators in the amount of $26,889.60 were included in the FY 2026 budget in account 1008020-432500.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to waive bidding requirements and authorize the approval and execution of a vendor contract between the Village of Orland Park and Subsurface Solutions, a sole source provider, for the purcha...
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