About this opportunity
AI summaryHarris County requests proposals to furnish, install, maintain, repair, and test Wrong-Way Detection Systems and related equipment for the Harris County Toll Road Authority. The contractor must perform site assessments, handle utility coordination, and execute installations across configurations spanning one to three lanes, including detection sensors, coring, cabling, and lane closures. Personnel must hold valid certifications, such as International Municipal Signal Association Work Zone Safety and a master electrician license. Eligibility is limited to United States organizations. The buyer will hold an optional virtual pre-proposal conference on November 11, 2026, and all questions are due by November 17, 2026. The contract term begins on or about April 1, 2027, and continues for one year.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Harris County
- Solicitation No.
- 26/0279
Scope of work
- Furnish and install Wrong-Way Detection Systems (WWDS)
- Provide monthly and emergency maintenance and repair services
- Conduct weekly remote testing and monthly system-wide field testing of WWDS
- Install WWDS across one lane with or without shoulders complete in place
- Install WWDS across two lanes without shoulders complete in place
- Install WWDS across two lanes with inside and outside shoulders complete in place
- Install WWDS across three lanes complete in place
- Maintain vertical gates at specified roadway locations
Minimum qualifications
- Minimum of five (5) years in business providing construction, installation, integration, maintenance, repair, and testing of ITS
- Master electrician license held by the vendor or a permanent employee available 24/7/365
- IMSA Work Zone Safety certification for all personnel
- Valid Texas driver's license for personnel operating vehicles
- Fiber installation personnel certified in Anritsu Access Master MT-9083B
- Equipment manufacturer training/certifications for personnel performing ITS/WWDS repairs and installation
- Fiber Optic Technicians with minimum three (3) years verifiable field experience
- ITS Technicians with minimum five (5) years verifiable field experience
Documents to include with your response
- Photographs or supporting documents and references proving five years of ITS experience
- Personnel qualifications and proof of required training and certifications
- USRA Requirements Checklist Questionnaire
- Completed BidTable with pricing
- Terms and conditions of standard and extended warranty
- Comprehensive, continuous and measurable quality assurance plan
- Acceptance test plan document
Key dates
- RSVP for pre-proposal conference due
- two (2) days prior to the conference
- Pre-bid meeting
- November 11, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. CST
- Questions due
- November 17, 2026
- Contract start
- on or about April 1, 2027
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via Bonfire
- Instructions
- Questions and proposals submitted through Bonfire; questions answered via Public Notice within Bonfire.
Contract details
- Term
- Beginning on or about April 1, 2027, and ending one (1) year thereafter, with four (4) one-year renewal options.
- Place of performance
- Harris County Toll Road Authority toll road system, Texas
- Funding
- HCTRA Enterprise Fund