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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING [SATE: <br />MARCH 1, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH TRANSPORTATION <br />STUDIES, INC., FOR TRAFFIC COUNTING <br />SERVICES (PROJECT NO. 16 -6875) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 31911 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />:+ . s <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Confirm denial of the bid protest from Quality Traffic Data, LLC, dated January 14, 2016. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with <br />Transportation Studies, Inc., to provide traffic counting services for a one -year term, beginning <br />March 1, 2016, through February 28, 2017, with provision for two one -year term extensions <br />exercisable by the City Manager and the City Attorney, in an amount not to exceed $50,000 <br />over the life of the agreement, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City received a bid protest on January 14, 2016, from Quality Traffic Data, LLC. The Public <br />Works Agency, in consultation with the City Attorney's Office, reviewed and analyzed the basis of <br />the protest. Attached are the findings and recommendation for denial. <br />The City outsources annual traffic counting services to conduct counts for neighborhood studies, <br />the biannual citywide traffic volume study, pedestrian /bicycle counts, and the annual traffic signal <br />and left -turn signal priority studies. The scope of services for this agreement also includes data <br />collection and speed surveys in support of the speed hump program. <br />A Request for Proposals (RFP) for annual traffic counting services was posted on the City <br />website on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Two consultants submitted proposals which were <br />reviewed by a three - member committee comprised of Public Works Agency staff. The ratings <br />were based on experience, qualifications, project understanding, scheduling, past performance, <br />and the overall proposal. Once rated, the sealed bids of the two firms were opened. <br />25A -1 <br />