Out of the five firms that submitted proposals, only three were deemed to be acceptable: (1)
Archetype Sign Works, (2) Greenman-Pedersen, and (3) W.S. Sign Design.
During the review of the proposals the overall consensus opinion is that the city should solely pursue
the design aspects of the project, because there is not enough clarity around the overall project to
procure everything at this time, i.e. fabrication. Therefore, the committee opted to pursue “Bid
Alternate 1” as a Phased approach to this project. (Phase I: develops a design and implementation
plan for the wayfinding signs) This contract will cover Phase I only.
It should be noted that this particular strategy was articulated in the RFP and the city reserved its
right to pursue solely the design phase known as “Bid Alternative 1”.
Recommendation of Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Only one vendor had the requisite skills and experience to execute the primary function of design
work and the evaluation committee believed their skills and ability were superior compared to the
other respondents.
Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. was selected due to their excellent approach to the scope of work, long
track record of completing similar projects for municipalities, and dynamic project teams that have
worked with the city of Nashua in the past on various projects. In addition, their intimate knowledge
of New Hampshire design and traffic standards brought them to the forefront of the group. Although
they were not the overall lowest bidder for the phase 1 component of the project the evaluation
committee’s believed their design skills merited their higher quote, which slightly more than 10%
greater than the next respondent. Greenman Pedersen reduced their proposal slightly once they
learned the project would be phased
Downtown Improvement Committee’s Budgeted Project
This project has been budgeted and is accounted for in the Downtown Improvement Committee’s
Budgeted work plan for this year.
Request
The Office of Economic Development requests the approval of a contract in the amount of $49,110
with Greenman Pedersen, Inc., of Nashua, NH for a design and implementation plan for
waylinding signs.
