Title
Traffic Control Officer Services - Requirements Contract IFB 21-020 (Ordinance S-47354)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Blue Enforcement Services LLC to purchase Traffic Control Officer Services for the Street Transportation Department. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The aggregate agreement value will not exceed $1.5 million.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this agreement is to provide the Street Transportation Department with off-duty law enforcement officers to manually direct traffic during traffic signal outages throughout the City of Phoenix. The services will be required on a routine basis, such as scheduled repairs to traffic signal infrastructure, and non-routine and emergency situations, such as after normal working hours, weekends, holidays, or early morning call-outs due to traffic collisions involving damage to traffic signals. These services will assist in keeping staff safe while performing repairs, as staff are in close proximity to moving traffic and perform services in overnight hours where the lack of daylight can be dangerous. This agreement will also help alleviate manpower shortages related to Phoenix Police off-duty officer availability in maintaining the City of Phoenix traffic signal system.
Procurement Information
IFB 21-020 was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10. There were four offers received by the Finance Department Procurement Division on Jan. 22, 2021, which were evaluated on price, responsiveness to specifications, and responsibility to provide the required goods and services. The bid notification was sent to 90 suppliers and was publicly posted and available for download from the City's website.
The Deputy Finance Director recommends the offer from Blue Enforcement Services LLC be accepted as the lowest-priced, responsive and responsible offer.
Contract Term
The five-year agreement term will begin on or about April 1, 2021.
Financial Impact
The total agreement value will not exceed $1.5 million. Funding is available in the Street Transportation Department’s budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation and Finance departments.