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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Transmap Corporation Data Collection Services for the Sign Inventory and Pavement Assessment Project (RFP No. 859, $272,490.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution approving a professional services agreement for data collection and consulting services in the amount of $272,490.00 with Transmap Corporation (Transmap) for the Sign Inventory and Pavement Assessment Project. The resolution also provides a ten percent project contingency in the amount of $24,771.96.
In May 2013, the City released RFP 859 for data collection services to complete a sign inventory and assessment to meet new federal regulations. Including pavement assessment allows use of one technology to reduce the cost of both tasks. When complete, the sign inventory and pavement assessment will be used to meet federal regulations, improved efficiency in operations and maintenance, capital improvements planning and integration with an asset maintenance management system.
Both the pavement assessment and sign inventory can be achieved for about what would have been spent on each over the next three years. By approving the resolution, the City is using technology and market place changes to generate savings.
Transmap was selected from a pool of four prospective consultant teams that responded to RFP 859. A selection committee choose Transmap based on their proposal, project organization, work plan, level of effort required accomplishing the specified tasks, and their competitive fee schedule.
The agreement between Transmap and the City of Ann Arbor includes all the required data collection and consulting services to perform this project. Funding for this project is available in the Major Street and Local Street Fund balances.
Transmap received Human Rights and Living Wage approvals on December 09, 2013. All personnel involved with this project will receive a “living” wage. Th...
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