Electrical Services - Streetlight Fixture Conversion and Exchange

REQUEST FOR BID

Electrical Services – Streetlight Fixture Conversion and Exchange
Dark Sky Initiative

2026 Request for Bid

TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE

PUBLIC WORKS

The Town of Breckenridge (Town) is soliciting electronic bids from qualified parties. To be considered, interested parties shall submit a written bid by the stated deadline, meet the established criteria as described in the instructions below, and represent their intent, proven capability and true commitment. Information submitted will be subject to verification.

Project Background:

The Town is seeking bids for electrical services to provide streetlight Fixture Conversions and streetlight Fixture Exchanges within the current network of over 1,618 Town owned and maintained streetlights. This project is scheduled for completion over multiple years with varying numbers of streetlights being upgraded each year based upon fiduciary considerations and Town Council direction. 2024 was year one of this project and over 400 Town fixtures were converted or exchanged. Year two was 2025 and over 200 lights were converted. This project will be placed out to bid each year until complete. All streetlights that require service are located within Town of Breckenridge boundaries. The goal of this work is at projects end, to have enhanced all Town streetlight fixtures, so they are in compliance with International Dark Sky Association guidelines. Completion of this project is a key step in the Town of Breckenridge recent designation of being a Certified Dark Sky Community (darksky.org).

Description of Work:

Throughout the Town streetlight grid, there is a vast network of fixtures illuminating Town sidewalks, roadways, and other public right of way. These streetlights have Welsbach fixtures as the source of illumination. See Appendix A for pictures/cut sheet of Welsbach fixture. For scope of work in 2026, Welsbach fixtures will be replaced with Providence fixtures. See Appendix A for pictures/cut sheet of Dark Sky compliant Providence fixture. Work is to be completed in the general areas of Watson Avenue, North French St, South French St, Briar Rose Lane, High St, Harris St, Ridge St, Lincoln Avenue, Wellington Rd, Washington Ave, Adams Ave, and other locations to be determined. The Town has detailed GIS mapping of all streetlights within our network to ease design of a work plan and installation schedule.

There will not be a pre-bid meeting for this project. For questions to be answered and included in the bid addendum they must be electronically submitted to SteveW@townofbreckenridge.com prior to 5:00pm on February 9th, 2026. A bid addendum will be posted by 5:00pm on February 11th, 2026, if any questions are received.

Deadline for submission of bids shall be Monday, February 16th, 2026 at 9:00am.

Bidders are advised that the bids are subject to public disclosure under Colorado Law and will not be treated as confidential. All materials submitted become the property of the Town and may be made public in whole or in part at the discretion of the Town with two notable exceptions. Information marked confidential such as trade secrets and references shall be treated as privileged information and confidential commercial information under the Colorado Open Records Law.