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File #: 24-1542    Version: 1 Name: 9/16/24 - Traffic Counts PSA
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/16/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/16/2024 Final action: 9/16/2024
Enactment date: 9/16/2024 Enactment #: R-24-377
Title: Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Quality Counts, LLC for As-Needed Traffic Count Services (RFP# 24-37; $50,000.00 per year for three years, $150,000.00 total)
Attachments: 1. Quality Counts LLC - Professional Services Agreement (PSA) v2.pdf
Title
Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Quality Counts, LLC for As-Needed Traffic Count Services (RFP# 24-37; $50,000.00 per year for three years, $150,000.00 total)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution to approve a three-year Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Quality Counts, LLC for $50,000.00 per year for the collection of traffic and travel data on an as-needed basis. The contract also includes an option for administrative extensions for two additional one year periods.

The services to be provided under this contract include: Multimodal traffic volume counts, vehicular speed data, vehicle classification data, vehicle headway, and gap spacing. The annual count program will balance the data collection between programmatic data collection on major streets and project-specific before and after data collection.

The annual count program will conduct traffic data collection and provide results of the data collection to city staff. The annual count program is expected to include approximately:
a. 25, 48-hour segment count locations
b. 20, 24-hour segment count locations
c. 5, 24-hour intersection count locations

On May 23, 2024, a request for proposal (RFP No. 24-37) was issued for the services described above. Proposals were received from three (3) consultants on June 13, 2024. A staff selection committee reviewed the proposals and determined the firms most qualified for the work according to several criteria:

* Professional Qualifications (30%)
* Past Involvement with Similar Projects (15%)
* Work Plan (20%)
* Fee Proposal (35%)

Staff ranked the responding firms in the following order:

1. Quality Counts, LLC
2. HRC
3. Quality Traffic Data, LLC

The committee selected Quality Counts, LLC based on their professional qualifications, past involvement with similar projects, proposed work plan, and fee quotations. Quality Counts, LLC complies with the requirements of the City's Non-Discrimina...

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