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Date: January 29, 219
To: Jim Donchess, Mayor
From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director
Re: Finance Committee — Contract with Lumen Studio, Inc for Engineering Services for
Comprehensive Lighting Design and Electrical Plan for Downtown Riverfront
The Downtown Riverfront Master Plan was approved in the fall of 2017 as the comprehensiv
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vision for Nashua’s downtown riverfront. Moving that plan forward, the City issued RFP 0365-
111918 to engage a lighting design and electrical engineering team to produce a detailed lighting
design and electrical plan for the core downtown riverfront.
The goal of the project is to provide a quality, cost-effective, energy efficient, and low-maintenance
pedestrian scale lighting system to connect the community to their riverfront. The plan should
provide improved public safety; highlight the connectivity of trails, bridges, and walking paths;
provide visual access to the river; and illuminate the beauty and recreational opportunities of th:
river and its riverbanks.
The City received 4 proposals from Colby Co. Engineering, Dwaal Lighting Design, Lumen Studio
and Vincent Lighting Systems. The proposal from Vincent Lighting Systems only included a
lighting design for the Cotton Transfer Bridge, instead of a comprehensive plan and as such was
dropped from further evaluation. The remaining three proposals were evaluated and ranked by a
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team consisting of: Jim Donchess, Mayor; Andy Patrician, Assistant DPW Director; Nick Caggiano,
Superintendent of Parks and Rec; Sarah Marchant, CDD Director; and Peter Kohalmi, Engineering.
The criteria for evaluation of each proposal were: 1. Qualifications and experience of the project
team, 2. Past performance and service on similar projects, 3. Proposed approach to the scope of
work, and 4. Cost Proposal.
Based on their experience and expertise, past performance on similar projects, as well as
competitive cost proposal, the team interviewed both Dwaal Lighting Design and Lumen Studio.
The evaluation team ultimately chose Lumen Studio as the preferred contractor due to examples of
past similar projects completed by this firm as well as the detailed approach and scope of work
presented.
The Community Development Division recommends Lumen Studio as the vendor to develop a
Comprehensive Lighting Design and Electrical Plan for the downtown riverfront at a fee of
$100,000.
