Active SLED Opportunity · ARIZONA · CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AZ

    Holiday Light and Decor Installation

    Issued by City of Flagstaff, AZ
    cityIFBCity of Flagstaff, AZSol. 259384
    Open · 14d remaining
    DAYS TO CLOSE
    14
    due May 27, 2026
    PUBLISHED
    May 5, 2026
    Posting date
    JURISDICTION
    City of
    city
    NAICS CODE
    238210
    AI-classified industry

    AI Summary

    City of Flagstaff seeks contractor for holiday LED light and decor installation, maintenance, and takedown at multiple city locations. Contractor provides all materials and equipment; City provides wreaths. Installation by Nov 18, 2026; removal by Jan 10, 2027. Includes lighting for trees, buildings, and street areas downtown.

    Opportunity details

    Solicitation No.
    259384
    Type / RFx
    IFB
    Status
    open
    Level
    city
    Published Date
    May 5, 2026
    Due Date
    May 27, 2026
    NAICS Code
    238210AI guide
    State
    Arizona
    Agency
    City of Flagstaff, AZ

    Description

    The City of Flagstaff is seeking to contract for Christmas Holiday Light and Decorations at Wheeler Park, City Hall, Two Spot Engine, Visitor Center, Downtown Flagstaff area, and the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Library.

    Contractor shall supply all materials of lighting strands (LED), vehicles and equipment needed to access the structures, extra cords, ladders, labor, permitting for work in the public rights-of-way, installation and maintenance of lighting, and take-down of lighting. The City of Flagstaff will not be providing any of the lighting at these locations. City will provide wreaths. Installation needs to occur by November 18, 2026, and be removed after December 31, 2026, and no later than January 10, 2027.

    Project Details

    • Reference ID: 2026-236
    • Department: PROSE - Administration
    • Department Head: Rebecca Sayers (Division Director)

    Important Dates

    • Questions Due: 2026-05-22T22:00:00.000Z

    Evaluation Criteria

    • HOLIDAY LIGHT AND DECOR INSTALLATION

      Contractor shall provide holiday lighting and decor at Wheeler Park, City Hall, Two Spot Engine, Visitor
      Center, Downtown Flagstaff area, and the Library (downtown location), as well as wreath décor also in 
      Downtown Flagstaff. 


      Contractor shall supply all materials of lighting strands (LED), vehicles and equipment needed to access 
      the structures, extra cords, ladders, labor, permitting for work in the public rights-of-way, installation and
      maintenance of lighting, and take-down of lighting. The City of Flagstaff will not be providing any of the 
      lighting at these locations. City will provide wreaths. Installation needs to occur by November 18, 2026
      and be removed after December 31, 2026 and no later than January 10, 2027.


      Payment schedule:
      25% Upon contract execution
      25% Upon installation of lighting
      50% Upon take down of lighting


      Lighting locations:
      • Wheeler Park, 212 W. Aspen Ave - six (6) trees. Power sources are available via pedestal at the 
      park. 
      • City Hall, 211 W. Aspen Ave - the perimeter of the structure is to be lined with lights. 
      • Library, 300 W. Aspen Ave - the perimeter of the structure is to be lined with lights. Please submit 
      design layouts. 
      • Two Spot, corner of Route 66 and San Francisco - the perimeter of the structure is to be lined with 
      lights. 
      • Visitor Center, 1 E. Route 66 - the perimeter of the structure to be lined with lights. 
      • Downtown street trees, north side of Route 66 on both sides of the streets on: Aspen Avenue, San 
      Francisco Street, Leroux Street and Birch Avenue - 68 trees . Power sources are available via tree 
      wells and through light poles. Some locations may be included on the southside of the tracks.


      Lighting specs include:
      • All lights used will be LED, warm white, and applied to be straight, tight and evenly spaced.
      • Lighted street trees will be located on the north side of Route 66, and may be included on the 
      south side of Route 66. Not every tree will be lighted on the listed streets, but those are the 
      focus areas. Trunks and main branches will be lighted with 4” spacing on the wire and 4” apart.
      • All lighting will be placed on a contractor-provided timer, and will illuminate until take-down (or 
      other date approved by the City of Flagstaff in writing).
      • Maintenance and repair will be applied to burned-out strands or bulbs within 24-hours, or as 
      soon as safe conditions are present in the event of inclement weather.

       

      Wreath décor:
      • Install 36 electric wreaths on the decorative green lampposts in downtown Flagstaff, with 
      locations provided by the City of Flagstaff.
      • Wreaths are 60” and plug into the lampposts.
      • Installation includes picking up the wreaths from the City of Flagstaff’s warehouse (near the 
      intersection of North Park and West Santa Fe Avenue near City Hall) and delivery of the 
      wreaths back to warehouse at the end of the season.

       

      Please see Attachment A - Examples of Lighting & Wreath Placement for photos.

       

       

    • SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (if needed):

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    Submission Requirements

    • Bidder Questionnaire (required)

      Please complete the Questionnaire document and re-upload.

    • References (required)

      Please complete the References document and re-upload.

    • Disclosure (required)

      Please complete the Disclosure document and re-upload.

    • Exceptions (required)

      Notations: Any strikeouts, notes or modifications to the Solicitation documents shall be initialed in ink by the authorized person who signs a Bid. If notations are made, they must be submitted with a Bid and are considered Exceptions.

      Exceptions: In addition to any notations on the Solicitation documents, please identify and list any exceptions to the Solicitation, by section/paragraph, on this Exceptions Form. The City reserves the right to reject, accept or further negotiate Exceptions. Exceptions may render a Bid non-responsive.

      Exceptions to Form of Contract: A Bidder may request changes to the form of contract (including any Standard or Special Terms and Conditions or Insurance Requirements) on the Exceptions Form. A Bidder may also submit its own form of contract. The City will consider these in the same manner as any other exceptions.

      A Bidder must indicate any and all exceptions taken to the requirements, specifications, and/or terms and conditions of this Solicitation, including the form of contract. If "Yes" is selected, please upload a document detailing the exception.

    • Confidential Materials (required)

      Pursuant to Section 11.3(A)(7) of the Procurement Code Manual, information provided in a Bid shall be confidential so as to avoid disclosure of contents prejudicial to competing Bidders during the process for evaluation. Bids shall be open for public inspection after Contract award. Except to the extent a Bidder designates, and the Director of Procurement concurs, trade secrets or other proprietary data contained in the Bid documents shall remain confidential.

      If a Bidder believes that part of a Bid is a trade secret or contains other proprietary data, a Bidder shall mark the page(s) “CONFIDENTIAL” and isolate the pages as an attachment to this form. A Bidder shall also include an explanation why the information is a trade secret or contains other proprietary data.

      Requests to deem the entire Bid as confidential will not be considered.

      A Bidder must provide notice if it would like confidential information returned after final Contract award (and a Bidder is not selected for contract award). A Bidder is responsible for pick-up.

      Upon City Council Contract award, information submitted in response to a Solicitation is subject to disclosure pursuant to the Arizona Public Records Law. A.R.S. § 39-121, et seq. If a Bidder has clearly marked its trade secrets or other proprietary information as “confidential”, the City will endeavor to notify the Bidder prior to release of such information.

    • Cooperative Purchases (required)

      The City of Flagstaff is a member of Flagstaff Alliance for the Second Century, along with the Coconino County Community College District, Northern Arizona University, Coconino County and Flagstaff Unified School District. The City is also a member of S.A.V.E. (Strategic Alliance for Volume Expenditures), which consists of numerous municipalities, counties, universities, colleges, schools and other Arizona State agencies. Cooperative purchasing arrangements such as the above are sanctioned by state law and allow a Contractor to sell services and materials to any member of a cooperative group under the same pricing, terms and conditions of contract awarded to the Contractor by any other member, following a competitive procurement process.


      Is your company willing to offer the goods and services solicited under the terms and conditions of this solicitation to other members of the Flagstaff Alliance for the Second Century and S.A.V.E. under the same pricing, terms and conditions?

      If you answer No, that is acceptable. The City will not reject your submission or consider it to be non-responsive. If you answered Yes, and a contract is approved, others may seek to do business with you under the same terms and conditions, subject to your approval.

    • Declaration Related to Solvency (required)

      Is Bidder currently involved in an ongoing bankruptcy as a debtor, or in a reorganization, liquidation, or dissolution proceeding, or has a trustee or receiver been appointed over all or a substantial portion of the property of Bidder under federal bankruptcy law or any state insolvency law?

    • Declaration Related to Gratuities (required)

      I hereby verify and declare that, to the best of my knowledge, neither the Bidder nor anyone associated with the Bidder has given, offered to give, or intends to give at any time hereafter any economic opportunity, future employment, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, trip, favor, or service to a public servant in connection with the Bid (“Gratuities”).

    • Declaration of Non-Collusion (required)

      I hereby verify and declare that:

      The pricing for this Bid has been arrived at independently and without consultation, communication or agreement with any other Submitter who may submit a Proposal.

      The pricing for this Bid has not been disclosed to any other Bidder who may submit a Bid, and will not be, prior to the Closing Date and Time.

      Bidder has made no attempt and will make no attempt to induce any Bidder person to refrain from submitting a Bid, or to submit a Bid with higher pricing than this Bid, or to submit an intentionally high or noncompetitive Bid or other form of complementary Bid.

      This Bid is made in good faith and not pursuant to any agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other Bidder or person to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive Bid.

      In the past five (5) years, neither Bidder, its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, nor employees have been under investigation, convicted or found liable by any governmental agency for allegations of conspiracy or collusion, including, specifically, related to procurement of a public contract.

    • Declaration Related to Adverse Position (required)

      I hereby verify and declare that, to the best of my knowledge, neither the Bidder nor anyone associated with the Bidder have ever made a claim against the City of Flagstaff, filed suit against the City of Flagstaff, or taken an adverse position in a lawsuit filed against the City of Flagstaff.

      If the Bidder has ever made a claim, filed suit, or taken an adverse position in a lawsuit against the City of Flagstaff, identify the name of the parties, the year the action was taken, the court where the lawsuit was filed and the case number. Provide a brief description of the adverse position.

      Failure to provide this information may result in a rejection of the Bid.

    • The City of Flagstaff (City) is seeking a ________ (Proposer) (required)

      example: consultant, contractor

    • Is this Grant funded? (required)
    • Please include the Grant type and # (e.g. Federal Aviation Administration #AIP 52). (required)
    • Will there be a pre-bid meeting? (required)
    • Will there be special requirements? (required)
    • Date Published in the Arizona Daily Sun (required)

      Use MM/DD/YYYY format

    Key dates

    1. May 5, 2026Published
    2. May 27, 2026Responses Due

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