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Resolution to Authorize a Sole Source Purchase Order to Carrier & Gable, Inc. for the Purchase of Traffic Signal Materials ($475,000.00)
Memorandum
Please find attached for your consideration a resolution that authorizes a sole source purchase order to Carrier & Gable, Inc., of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for traffic signal materials and supplies. We are requesting $475,000.00 for several projects and to purchase normal maintenance supplies.
This resolution supports the following projects:
1. Brockman and Stadium pedestrian signal upgrade ($50,000.00)
2. Packard and Stadium pedestrian signal upgrade ($50,000.00)
3. Maintenance operations including wear-out and accident damage, and
support of other City projects ($245,000.00)
4. Traffic signal rebuild at Pontiac Trail and Barton ($65,000.00)
5. Traffic signal rebuild Packer and Pine Valley ($65,000.00)
Approximately, $275,000.00 of the above-mentioned projects will be funded from the Field Operations Major Street fund operating budget. Approximately $200,000.00 will be utilized for Project support and will be expended against the project. In cases of accident damages, the City seeks restitution by billing responsible parties for damages.
Carrier & Gable, Inc. is the sole area distributor in Michigan and Indiana for the Eagle Signal Company. All of our signalized intersections utilize equipment manufactured by Eagle. The advantages of sole source supply include reduced inventory requirements, as well as the need to train technicians in the repair of only one type of product.
Carrier and Gable, Inc. received Human Rights approval on April 10, 2012.
Staff
Prepared by: Chuck Fojtik, Field Operations Supervisor
Reviewed by: Matt Warba, Interim Field Operations Unit Manager and Craig Hupy, Interim Public Services Administrator
Approved by: Steven D. Powers, City Administrator
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Whereas, Carrier and Gable, Inc. of Farmington Hills, Michigan, is the supplier of Eagle traffic componen...
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