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The most recent email newsletter from LD+A, their E Report, was sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), with the Request For Information (RFI) graphic above. WMATA is asking lighting design firms to consider responding to their RFI. The image links to the WMATA Procurement and Contracting web page, here.

The deadline for RFI responses is January 18^th, 2023. I was able to locate the following active lighting design solicitation on WMATA’s site:

“Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA/Metro) has compiled this Request for Information (RFI) to engage vendors with the interest and capability to design, install, and maintain state-of-the-art lighting and messaging displays on WMATA’s Yellow Line (L-Line) Bridge that connects the L’Enfant and Pentagon Metrorail stations between District of Columbia and Virginia.

Metro anticipates that the Yellow Line Bridge lighting would highlight holidays, cultural, sporting events, and dynamic messaging based on time of day and year.”

The solicitation link is here. This solicitation has the same January 18^th response due date as the RFI graphic, above. Interested lighting design firms should review WMATA Procurement and Contracting web page at the link above.

Image: WMATA

David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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