263-26 Light Poles and Transformer Bases

Location:	Ohio
Posted:	Dec 29, 2025
Due:	Jan 22, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Ohio
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	62 - Lighting Fixtures and Lamps
Solicitation No:	SRC0000035883
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Solicitation ID:	SRC0000035883
Solicitation Name:	263-26 Light Poles and Transformer Bases
Original Begin Date:	12/15/2025 2:38:20 PM
Begin Date:	12/29/2025 12:00:00 AM
End Date:	1/22/2026 1:00:00 PM
Inquiry End Date:	1/15/2026 1:00:00 PM
Commodity:	Lighting pole or post and hardware
MBE Set Aside:	MBE Set Aside
Agency:	DOT030000 - ODOT-District 3 DOT-Dept of Transportation
Solicitation Status:	Open for Bidding
Solicitation Type:	Invitation To Bid (ITB)

Solicitation General Information

In an MBE set-aside solicitation, only those bidders/suppliers with an active MBE certification at the time the solicitation closes can submit a response

Solicitation ID

SRC0000035883

Solicitation Name

263-26 Light Poles and Transformer Bases

RFx Type

Invitation To Bid (ITB)

Lot #

Solicitation Status

Open for Bidding

Round #

MBE Set Aside

Begin Date

12/29/2025 12:00:00 AM (ET)

Amendment?

End Date

1/22/2026 1:00:00 PM (ET)

Inquiry End Date

1/15/2026 1:00:00 PM

Summary

The purpose of this Invitation is to establish a multi-award bid pricing for furnishing of supports in accordance with the Department’s specifications and procedures for Light Poles and Transformer Bases.

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Process

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DOT-Dept of Transportation

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	DOT030000 - ODOT-District 3

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Invitation No. 263A-26

ITB 263 - REQUIREMENTS/ SPECIFICATIONS

Section 1: Intent

The purpose of this Invitation is to establish a multi-award bid pricing for furnishing of supports in accordance with the

Department’s specifications and procedures for Light Poles and Transformer Bases.

Section 2: Contract Duration

The contract duration will be twenty-four (24) months from the date of award with the ability to extend the contract an

additional twelve (12) months if authorized.

Section 3: Free on Board (F.O.B.) Destination

Please be advised, the vendor must honor any bid price submitted in this Invitation to Bid for all the Counties of the ODOT

District(s) seeking bids. All deliveries shall be Free on Board (F.O.B.) to any one of the Counties listed under the

District(s) jurisdiction to an ODOT Facility, project location, or contractors’ yard.

Ohio Department of Transportation, District 2

317 East Poe Rd.

Bowling Green, Ohio 43402-1330

Only the light poles without bracket arms shall be delivered to the Edison Outpost. The light poles without bracket

arms shall be delivered after April 15, 2027:

Edison Outpost

4650 E. Bayshore Rd

Port Clinton, Ohio 43452

All other items shall be delivered to ODOT District 3, this includes 8' Bracket Arms, Transformer Bases, All Fastening

Hardware (bracket arm support bolts, washers, & nuts, connector bolts, nuts & washers, anchor nuts & special flat

washers):

Ohio Department of Transportation, District 3

906 Clark Ave.

Ashland, Ohio 44805

Section 4: Delivery

The awarded vendor shall adhere to the following schedule:

• Shop Drawings shall be submitted to ODOT for review within 4 weeks upon written or verbal notification of a valid

State of Ohio Purchase Order (PO), and the vendor shall anticipate a two-week period for ODOT to return any

comments and grant approval.

• Shop Drawings shall be released by the fabricator/vendor within 2 weeks after receiving approval from ODOT.

• Delivery of the Light Poles, Transformer Bases and fastening hardware shall be made within 24 months after

release of shop drawings.

• The maximum duration from written or verbal notification of a valid State of Ohio Purchase Order (PO) until

delivery of the supports shall not exceed 30 months.

4.1: Delivery Hours

All deliveries shall be coordinated to ensure proper storage and hand-off methods are in place. Deliveries must be

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding State of Ohio holidays, unless special

permission is granted by the Department to temporarily waive or adjust this requirement.

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Section 5: Specifications and Procedures for Lighting Supports

5.1: Specifications

These specifications and procedures have been compiled in part from the Ohio Department of Transportation

2023 Construction and Material Specifications Manual (C&MS), which can be found here: Construction and

Material Specifications | Ohio Department of Transportation

Additionally, all supports furnished shall conform to the following Standards unless otherwise stated: C&MS 625

and 725, as well as Standard Construction Drawings HL-10.11, HL-10.12, HL-10.13, and HL-20.11 which can be

found here:

http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Engineering/Roadway/DesignStandards/traffic/SCD/Pages/default.aspx.

Provide Item 625 - (111) each, LIGHT POLE CONVENTIONAL, AT8B38. The light pole style shall be a Standard

Truss Arm.

The furnished (111) each light poles (AT8B38) and (111) each frangible aluminum transformer bases (AT-A) shall

include the associated hardware as shown on all applicable SCDs, which includes but is not limited to;

- bracket arm support bolts, washers, and nuts,

- connector bolts, nuts and washers that connect the pole base plate to the transformer base;

- anchor nuts and special flat washers that connect the transformer base to the foundation anchor bolts.

Foundation anchor bolts, that connect the transformer base to the foundation, are not to be supplied.

All light poles shall have a stamped aluminum pole label. The pole label shall include the manufacturer, date of

manufacture (MO-YR), and the pole height. The pole label shall be placed just above the anchor base plate. The

manufacturer’s catalog numbers, or other identifying codes may remain on the supports, but they will not fulfill this

requirement. Anchor nut and connector bolt sets shall be identified by permanently marked waterproof tags. If

delivered parts are not easily identified on the bottom of the anchor base for supports or by waterproof tags for

anchor bolt sets as to design type and length, the parts will be returned to the bidder at his or her expense. No

unidentified parts will be accepted.

The reflective adhesive support identification (alpha numeric identifier) labels are not required.

The fabricators must adhere and be listed as required on Supplements 1091, 1093, & 1094, which can be found

here:

http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ConstructionMgt/Pages/ProposalNotesSupplementalSpecificationsandSu

pplements.aspx.

5.2: Procedures

The submittal of a unit bid price does not guarantee that ODOT will purchase the materials from the vendor. A

specific Purchase Order (PO) will be sent to the vendor and at that time, the Delivery Time noted in Section 4 will

begin.

The ODOT requestor shall supply the vendor with applicable details that include but are not limited to the

conventional light pole support height, bracket arm length and the size of the aluminum transformer base.

At the time of the bid, the bidder shall file all detailed plans, drawings, photographs, specifications, estimated

delivery date, etc. on the proposed items. If further clarification is needed by the bidder due to issues or design

errors before the bid opening date, the bidder shall submit all pre-bid questions to the Office of Contracts. Any

deviations from the specifications indicated herein must be clearly pointed out. Otherwise, it will be considered

that items offered are in strict compliance with these specifications herein and the successful bidder will be held

responsible, therefore. If more than one catalog number, style or type is listed on one sheet the item to be

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furnished must be identified clearly by circling, underlining, or other marking. Discovery of details not meeting

specifications may result in disqualification of the bid.

Approval of these detailed plans, drawings, etc. shall not relieve the bidder of the responsibility for erroneous or

inconsistent dimensions, notations, omissions or other errors in the design of the delivered product.

The unit bid price shall include delivery charges to the locations mentioned in part 3.

Each unit delivered shall be guaranteed against faulty material and workmanship for a period as stated by the

bidder in the proposal (this guarantee period shall be not less than that usually granted) and, if during this period

such faults develop, the bidder agrees to replace the unit or the part affected without cost to ODOT, with all

replacement charges paid for by the vendor.

The light poles and aluminum transformer bases shall be shipped with each support’s associated hardware

separately boxed/crated labeled, packaged, and secured.

The supplier shall notify the point of delivery date and time at least five (5) days in advance of the day of delivery

or at the time of loading prior to shipment, whichever is sooner. An itemization of all delivered parts shall be

provided with each shipment.

Section 6: Steel Specification: Ohio Revised Code (Section 153.011) and CM&S 106.09 - Steel & Iron Products

Made in the United States

To be noted, all requirements stated in CM&S 106.09 shall be adhered to.

Vendors must submit their Bid Responses electronically in OhioBuys before the published deadline date & time, Columbus, Ohio local

time on the Proposal due date. Vendors will not be able to submit Bid Responses, or unsolicited Proposal amendments after the

deadline.

Vendors must allow adequate time for uploading a Bid Response prior to the due date and time. ODOT recommends that vendors

submit Bid Responses as early as possible. If a second round is issued for any reason, vendors must resubmit their bid if they had

already submitted in a previous round, as the previously submitted Bid Responses do NOT carry over to the new round.

The Signature process takes place after the award now. The email will come from documents@esign.ohio.gov and will go to the

signatory that was identified in the bid submission. The subject line will be the bid # Signature Request, (example: 101G-25 Signature

Request).

No contract can be issued to your company until we receive your signature to complete the process. And you must have an OAKS

Payor ID before a contract can be issued. To obtain that, you will need to go into https://ohiopays.ohio.gov.

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STANDARD TERMS & CONDITIONS

I. GLOSSARY

The following definitions are applicable to all components of the Contract. If a conflict exists between these

definitions and any definition listed in the specifications or scope of work, the specifications or scope shall prevail.

A. ACCEPTANCE: Approval and retention by ODOT of any goods, products, services or other Deliverables, delivered to

fulfill Contract requirements.

B. AGENCY/ODOT/DEPARTMENT: Ohio Department of Transportation

C. AUTHORIZED DEALER/DISTRIBUTOR: The vendor that maintains written legal agreements with manufacturers to act

as their agent and provide goods, products, or services listed in the bid/RFQ/contract. The authorized Dealer/Distributor

must maintain active and sufficient facilities necessary to perform the awarded Contract, own title to the goods,

products, or services and maintain available stock on a continuous basis and in sufficient quantity to provide

uninterrupted access to the Contract Deliverable.

D. BIDDER: The company and/or authorized representative of the company who has signed and is submitting a bid

response and who will be responsible for ensuring proper performance of the contract awarded pursuant to the bid.

The term bidder, proposer, contractor, supplier, or vendor may be used interchangeably in this document.

E. DEFAULT: The omission or failure to perform any obligation under this Contract.

F. DELIVERABLE: Any Contractor-provided products, supplies, services, work or product described in the specifications

of the Contract.

G. F.O.B PLACE OF DESTINATION: The Vendor pays, and includes the cost of such in its bid, and bears the risk for the

transportation and delivery of goods delivered to the specified locations provided by the Department.

H. GOODS: Anything that can be purchased that is not a service or real property.

I. INVOICE: An itemized listing showing delivery of the goods or performance of the services described in the order that

must include the date of the purchase or rendering of the service, an itemization of the things done, material supplied,

equipment used or labor furnished, and the sum due pursuant to the contract or obligation.

J. LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER: A bidder who offers the lowest cost for the goods or services listed in

the bid; and whose proposal responds to bid specifications in all material respects and contains no irregularities or

deviations from the specifications which would affect the amount of the bid or otherwise give them a competitive

advantage; and whose experience, financial condition, conduct and performance on previous contracts, facilities,

management skills evidences their ability to execute the contract properly.

K. MBE OR EDGE CERTIFIED: MBE means Minority Business Enterprise and EDGE means Encouraging Diversity, Growth

and Equity.

L. ORDER: A copy of a contract or a statement of the nature of a contemplated expenditure, a description of the goods to

be purchased or services to be performed, other than services performed by officers and regular employees of the state,

and per diem of the national guard, and the total sum of the expenditure to be made therefor, if the sum is fixed and

ascertained, otherwise the estimated sum thereof, and an authorization to pay for the contemplated expenditure, signed

by the person instructed and authorized to pay upon receipt of a proper invoice.

M. PRIME VENDOR/CONTRACTOR: The vendor who, upon being awarded a contract, becomes the prime vendor who is the

primary source for providing the goods or services listed in the awarded Contract and the party to whom payment will

be made upon delivery of the goods and/or completion of the Contract.

N. PROCUREMENT/CONTRACT/AGREEMENT: All documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, utilized for

soliciting bids. Upon completion of the evaluation and award of the bidder’s response, the procurement becomes the

contract between ODOT and the successful bidder, both governed by the laws of the state of Ohio.

O. PURCHASE: To buy, purchase, installment purchase, rent, lease, lease purchase, or otherwise acquire goods

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263-26 Light Poles and Transformer Bases

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