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Resolution to Authorize a Sole Source Purchase Order to Yunex LLC for Transportation Materials, Supplies, and Products in the Amount of $555,000.00 Annually
Memorandum
Please find attached for your consideration a resolution that authorizes a sole source purchase order to Yunex, LLC for transportation materials, supplies, and products. Staff request $555,000.00 per year for FY24 and FY25, subject to the availability of funding in FY25. This purchase order would support several planned projects and for the purchase of normal maintenance supplies.
Yunex LLC, is the sole area distributor for Siemens Traffic products including: Siemens Traffic Controllers, Siemens SCOOT license, Siemens TACTICS license, Siemens SEPAC software and Siemens Service Support. Additionally, Yunex is the sole distributor of Mobotrex and Eagle Traffic Control Systems, Carmanah Speed signs, Bosch ITS products, Traffic Logix Speed Radar Signs, and Tapco products. These sole source purchases are warranted because the City uses Siemens traffic control systems and supporting software packages to run the traffic signal network. Additionally, the City uses Eagle Traffic Control Systems, Mobotrex products, Bosch ITS products, Traffic Logix Speed Radar Signs, and Tapco delineators. The advantages of sole source supply include reduced inventory requirements, the need to train technicians in the maintenance/operation of only one type of product, and compatibility with existing infrastructure.
Staff requests $555,000.00 for several planned projects and for the purchase of normal maintenance supplies as follows:
* Pauline and Maple signal rebuild ($15,000.00)/sole-source*
* Upgrade traffic signal cabinets at five locations ($115,000.00)/sole-source*
* Cameras at four locations ($50,000.00)/sole-source
* Cabinet Replacement parts: power supplies, cables, controllers, monitors, bus interface units ($75,000.00)/sole source
* Maintenance operations including wear-out and crash damage ...
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