Title
Traffic Signal Poles - Additional Expenditures for Contracts 140172 and 140171 (Ordinance S-43948)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to approve additional expenditures under Contracts 140172 and 140171 with Valmont Industries and Southwest Fabrication LLC, for the purchase of traffic signal poles for the Street Transportation Department. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. This request is for $1.5 million in additional funds to be split between the two contracts.
Report
Summary
The two contracts provide traffic signal poles for new and rebuilt intersections. There has been a large increase in the traffic signal poles needed as a result of new development, increased capital improvement program (CIP) road projects, and the number of poles damaged by vehicle accidents. Additionally, the Street Transportation Department has allocated additional funding resources towards traffic signal infrastructure replacement.
Procurement Information
IFB 15-087 was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10.
Financial Impact
Upon approval of $1.5 million in additional funds for the two contracts, the revised aggregate value will increase from $2 million to an amount not to exceed $3.5 million. Funds are available in the Street Transportation Department's budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The contracts were awarded by City Council on Feb. 18, 2015 and go through Jan. 31, 2020.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.