City of Bartow

Release: Dec 5, 2025

Close: Dec 13, 2025

The City of Bartow (Polk County, Florida) intends to procure a SmartLight Fully Integrated Solar Lighting System as a sole-source (non-competitive) contract with Fonroche Lighting America for an eight-year term to outfit the A-USA Parks Sports Complex. The system uses proprietary integrated solar engine/luminaire architecture with sealed maintenance-free batteries and adaptive lighting algorithms engineered for Florida weather; the procurement emphasizes patented technology, warranty coverage, and Solar Investment Tax Credit compliance. Alternative vendors are allowed to submit competing solutions or evidence of competition by the solicitation deadline; technical questions and procurement documents are available via the City of Bartow purchasing contacts.

Release: Nov 21, 2025

Close: Dec 30, 2025

The City of Bartow solicits a vendor to provide monthly water and electric meter reading services for ~24,500 meters (>24,000 customers) using contractor‑owned smartphone/handheld AMR systems. Vendor must supply equipment, software, licenses, labor and maintenance; deliver transferable data files compatible with Tyler Technologies Incode v9 (flat‑file transfer); coordinate IT testing; maintain backups; provide minimum staffing (6 readers + 1 supervisor); meet performance SLAs (≥99.7% read rate) and accept specified financial penalties for errors, unreads, delays and field damages. Contract term is three years with annual renewals possible.

Release: Nov 21, 2025

Close: Dec 30, 2025

Seeking a qualified, and experienced utility meter reading vendors to provide monthly electric and water metering services for the city's customer service department, in an area of strong economic growth and new construction presence.