19D - RFP - MODERNIZE DT PARKING METERS

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CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PARKING OPERATIONS AND MANGEMENT SERVICES (RFP) SECTION I - BACKGROUND 1. INTRODUCTION The City is requesting proposals for the purchase, training; and the secure communications of approximately 500 single -space parking meters that are credit card capable. These meters will retrofit into existing parking meter housings in the core of our downtown where there is the highest parking demand. This RFP includes both the purchase price of the meters, training, establishing secure, encrypted credit card communication with the City's merchant account provider and the wireless network necessary to operate, maintain, and communicate with each credit card capable parking meter. The City also seeks the vendor to furnish, to work with City parking technicians to install, and to support an integrated network of parking sensors for designated meters (200 -500,) and related hardware, software, and mobile smart- phone applications. The sensors need to be able to upload current parking conditions to mobile applications. 2. BACKGROUND The City of Santa Ana provides about 1,300 parking meters for convenient, short -term parking, of which approximately 500 are in the Downtown. area. Existing parking meters are coin - operated digital meters and are installed, maintained and collected by the Parking Meter staff in the Finance & Management Services Agency. Parking enforcement is managed by the Police department. The current parking meter rate is $.75 - $1.00 per hour and the hours of enforcement are Monday through Saturday, 8am to 8pm. 3. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS RFP Issue Date March 19, 2014 Offerors' Written Inquiries Due March 31, 2014 RFP Responses Due April 21, 2014 Interviews /Vendor Demonstrations May 6, 7 or 8 Formal Council Approval July 1, 2014 19D-7