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File #: 25-0920    Version: 1 Name: 6/2/25 - Transportation Materials Purchase Order (Carrier & Gable)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/2/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/2/2025 Final action: 6/2/2025
Enactment date: 6/2/2025 Enactment #: R-25-187
Title: Resolution to Authorize a Purchase Order to Carrier & Gable, Inc. for Transportation Materials, Supplies, and Products in the Amount of $775,000.00 Annually
Attachments: 1. C-G SOLE SOURCE LETTER 2025.pdf
Title
Resolution to Authorize a Purchase Order to Carrier & Gable, Inc. for Transportation Materials, Supplies, and Products in the Amount of $775,000.00 Annually
Memorandum
Please find attached for your consideration a resolution that authorizes a sole source purchase order to Carrier & Gable, Inc. for transportation materials, supplies, and products. Staff request $775,000.00 per year for FY26 and FY27, subject to availability of funding in FY27. This purchase order would support several planned projects and for the purchase of normal maintenance supplies.
Carrier & Gable Inc., is the sole area distributor for: Union Metal traffic products; Polara pedestrian signals; Carmanah Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) and other electronic signage; Dialight traffic signal modules; DYMEC ethernet and ITS products; Clary power systems; Encom wireless data solutions; Gridsmart vehicle and bicycle detection system; EDI products and signal components; Costar video systems and imaging; Pelco Products for traffic solutions, utilities, and outdoor lighting; Trafficalm speed radar signs; Sensys signal detection devices; and Qwick-Kurb markers, bollards, delineators and gateway treatment signage. These sole source purchases are warranted because: the City's specifications require Union Metal mast-arms; Polara offers accessible pedestrian signals; the City's installed RRFB systems are manufactured by Carmanah and must be able to communicate with our current system; Dialight offers LED traffic signal components; DYMEC, Clary, and Encom offer products that support existing networks such as communications and power supply; Gridsmart vehicle and bicycle detection system supports actuated traffic signal operations for multimodal users; Trafficalm makes the speed radar signs the City deploys; Sensys "pucks" are inground sensors used by the City to actuate signals; and the Qwick-Kurb traffic separator system is currently being used for the pedestrian safety in-street signage (R1...

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