HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-07-10 - AGENDA REPORTS - BUS STOP SHELTERS CONTR (2)DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
Agenda Item:_
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Jeff O'Keefe
July 10, 2007
AWARD CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF BUS STOP
SHELTERS, BENCHES, AND TRASH RECEPTACLES
Administrative Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Award a contract to LNI Custom Manufacturing for the installation of bus stop amenities,
Bid No. TR -06-07-57, in the amount of $138,899, and authorize a contingency of 10% of the
award, or $13,890.
2. Appropriate $152,789 to account #2460-8615, and increase the grant revenue account
#801-5214 by $122,231 (80% federal grant amount). The remaining local match
(20%) will be appropriated from the 801 transit fund balance.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all contract documents, or modify the
award in the event that issues of impossibility of performance arise, subject to City Attorney
approval.
BACKGROUND
The Bus Stop Improvement Project (BSIP) will improve approximately 300 of the 438 bus stops
located within the City of Santa Clarita. The BSIP is primarily a federally funded grant project
that provides transit enhancement funding to eligible transit operators. These enhancements
include new bus shelters, benches, trash receptacles, and public art. Staff met with Mayor
McLean and Councilmember Boydston to determine the color of the proposed amenities. The
colors of Moss Green and Signal Brown were chosen. Bus stop amenities will be placed
according to the surrounding aesthetics of that particular location.
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This contract will procure a contractor to provide installation of bus shelters, benches, and trash
receptacles. In addition, this contract will install concurrently approved and procured public art
at specific bus stops and bus stop sign replacement at approximately 634 bus stop locations.
The Purchasing Division, in partnership with the Transit Division, issued an Invitation to Bid for
the Installation of Bus Stop Amenities including shelters, benches, and trash receptacles. The bid
also included bus stop sign replacement and installation of public art at bus stops. The notice
was published three times, from May 20 to May 27, 2007. Twenty one (21) firms downloaded
the bid package from the City's website. One (1) supplier submitted a bid opened by Purchasing
on June 19, 2007, and the results of the bids follow:
Company Location Bid Amount
LNI Custom Manufacturing Hawthorne, CA $138,898.50 (partial bid)
LNI bid on the installation of bus shelters, benches, and trash receptacles and the replacement of
all bus stop signs. However, they did not bid on the installation of public art. Being the lowest
responsive bidder, staff recommends that LNI Custom Manufacturing be awarded the contract.
Staff will commission another vendor to install public art at bus stops.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Appropriate $152,789 to account #2460-8615, and increase the grant revenue account #801-5214
by $122,231 (80% federal grant amount). The remaining local match (20%) will be appropriated
from the 801 transit fund balance.