TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Helen Shi, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Waiving Formal Bidding per Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Section 2.36.140 and Adopting a Resolution Approving an Agreement with DDL Traffic, Inc. for the Purchase and Installation of the Emergency Vehicle Preemption System (Phase II) for $148,903; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement; and Authorizing the City Manager to Approve Additional Work, if Necessary, for up to $9,000 (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
a) WAIVE FORMAL BIDDING
b) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-0057 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council
1) Waive formal bidding;
2) Approve an agreement with DDL Traffic, Inc. for the purchase and installation of Emergency Vehicle Preemption System (Phase II) for $148,903;
3) Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and approve additional work, if necessary, up to $9,000.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are sufficient funds in the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) budget for the Emergency Vehicle Preemption System (Phase II) Project.
BACKGROUND:
The City owns 38 traffic signals at major and minor intersections throughout Manhattan Beach, both as sole operator and as a shared operator with neighboring cities. An additional 10 traffic signals are owned and maintained by the State of California along Sepulveda Boulevard.
Emergency response time can be significantly affected each time responders are delayed due to red lights and congestion at signalized intersections. Emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) dramatically reduces those delays by changing the signal timing when an infrared or GPS priority signal is received from an EVP-equipped vehicle. The traffic signal controller extends a green light or...
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