City of Nashua, NH
Wireless Communications Division
C/O William Mansfield
PO Box 785
Nashua NH 03061-0785
603-594-3521 Fax: 603-594-3615
August 16, 2020
Mr. Kelly Parkinson
Purchasing Manager
City of Nashua
229 Main Street — PO Box 2019
Nashua, NH 03061-2019
Dear Ms. Parkinson
The Communications Division recently solicited proposals for the fabrication and delivery of an
88’ Monopole Public Safety Communications Tower (RFP 0246-072320). This tower will allow
the City to relocate its current public safety radio communication antennas off of the water tank
on Kessler Farm Drive that is scheduled to be replaced. The replacement of this water tank
was initially scheduled for March 2020 and now has been rescheduled for March 2021.
The request for proposal was submitted to three vendors and the City received four responses
on August 4" Below is a list of the bidders and the cost associated with their bid which includes
the manufacturing and delivery of the tower along with all of the accessories listed within the
RFP.
Belfort Capital, LLC Louisville, Ohio $21,920
Valmont Industries, Inc. Valley, Nebraska $35,426
Sabre Industries Sioux City, lowa $46,107
Green Mountain Communications | Pembroke, New Hampshire $48,404
The Communications Division evaluated the proposals with the guidelines set forth by the
Purchasing Department. These guidelines were also included in the RFP so that all
respondents were aware of the evaluation process. Each proposal was reviewed and evaluated
on the Qualifications and Experience, Impression of the Proposal and the Cost Proposal.
Belfort Capital’s proposal did not meet the guidelines set forth in the RFP. There was a
serious lack of information provided in the proposal with no background of the company or
references submitted. The calculated evaluation totaled 60% because they had the best price
in the Cost Proposal. Belfort did not meet any remaining evaluation criteria.
Valmont Industries provided a good proposal for the tower. They provided information
showing that they understood what was being requested in the RFP and provided a tower
design to demonstrate what the tower would like. Enough information was provided to
determine that they are qualified to perform the tasks requested in the RFP. The proposal was
missing references although the City could be listed as a reference since we currently own one
of their structures. The proposed timeline of the project was 8 to 10 weeks for the structure
delivery. The cost of the proposal was in line with what was projected and everything was
included in the proposal except for a separate line item for freight. Freight is incorporated in the
price above. Valmount received an overall evaluation of 91%
