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Authorization to Award Traffic Data Collection Services Contract - Authorize the City Manager to award the contract to AimTD LLC to perform traffic data collection services in an amount not to exceed $55,000 annually, with the option to renew for up to four (4) one-year periods.
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Prepared by:
Leslie Blair, Senior Civil Engineer, Leslie.Blair@visalia.city, 713-4633
Dolores Verduzco, Financial Analyst, Dolores.Verduzco@visalia.city, 713-4540
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Department Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, 713-4495
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to award the contract for RFP 23-24-24, Traffic Data Collection Services, to AimTD LLC of Anaheim in an amount not to exceed $55,000 annually, with the option to renew for up to four (4) one-year periods.
Summary:
City staff issued RFP 23-24-24 to secure a vendor to outsource a majority of its traffic data collection for its arterial, collector, and local streets system. The contract is for one fiscal year, and shall at the City's option and upon mutually agreeable terms, be renewable annually thereafter for four (4) consecutive one-year periods.
Background Discussion:
The City of Visalia maintains approximately 531 miles of streets within its jurisdictional limits. The following is a breakdown by centerline street miles for each street type: 95-centerline miles of arterial, 71-centerline miles of collector, and 365-centerline miles of local streets.
For the past ten years, the City has renewed an annual contract to outsource a majority of its traffic data collection on its arterial, collector and local streets system as the need exceeded City staff's ability to obtain it in-house in a timely manner. The prior 5-year contract ended January 27, 2024. The traffic data collected has been vital to the City in ensuring approp...
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