…the RFQ states the EPA should be specifically 1.44-square-feet. It does not state it should meet or exceed, which would make for a light that could withstand more wind, thereby eliminating a better light.
Even though the RFQ said lights could “meet or exceed” the 2.0 average, according to city notes on the bids, those six were all rejected for not coming in exactly at that number.
For instance, a light by Stuart Irby Co. that would have been $607.64 actually had an average of 2.1-foot-candle — above the RFQ mark — and it was also not considered because it didn’t come in right at the 2-foot mark. Had that bid been accepted it would have saved nearly $530,000.