Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Award a Construction Contract to Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. for $380,700, for the Adaptive Control System Upgrade - Marina Boulevard, Project No. 2014.0460; to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount; to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up to 25% of the Original Contract Amount; and to Appropriate $145,000.00 for the Project in Fiscal Year 2022-2023
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Public Safety
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
This contract provides for the installation of fiber optic communication lines and associated traffic signal improvements over a 1.2-mile-long section of Marina Boulevard between Merced Street and Washington Avenue.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Award a construction contract to Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. for $380,760.00
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve individual change orders up to 5% (or $19,038.00) of the original contract amount
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve change orders up to a cumulative value not to exceed 25% (or $95,190.00) of the original contract amount
* Appropriate $145,000.00 in Vehicle Registration Fee funds from Account No. 143-38-392 to the subject project in Account No. 143-28-196.
BACKGROUND
San Leandro would like to synchronize City traffic signals with adjacent Caltrans traffic signals on Marina Boulevard using an Adaptive Traffic Control System (ATCS). ATCS is a traffic management strategy in which traffic signal timing responds to real time traffic demand to improve efficiency and reduce traffic congestion.
The project will install new fiber optic communication cables, including associated splice enclosures and ethernet switches in an existing conduit between Merced Street and Washington Avenue. The system will include one camera at each ...
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