For City Council Meeting [June 26, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robert G. Eisenbeisz, P.E. Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Request City Council to Award Bid #18-113 and Approve the Issuance of a Purchase Order for Regulatory Street Signs and Supplies from Statewide Traffic Signs in the amount of $17,882.41.
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BACKGROUND:
The Public Works Traffic Safety Division annually replaces worn out, faded, or damaged signs. Over the past couple of years, the division has been using its in-stock supply to accomplish this task. This has resulted in a dwindling supply and it needs to be replenished.
Additionally, the City has multiple areas that are in need of new or replacement regulatory signs. Regulatory street signs consist of stop, yield, directional, speed limit, parking, and other signs that regulate traffic movement. Although this order will not fix all areas within City limits, it will continue the process of replacement and increase the reflectivity of the City's regulatory signs.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
The City of Rialto's Procurement department advertised for a bulk sign purchase on May 16, 2018 and the bid closed on May 31, 2018. Four hundred sixty one (461) vendors where solicited for bids with eight (8) responding. The responding bidders were:
* Statewide Traffic Signs, Riverside, CA;
* Safeway Sign, Adelanto, CA;
* ConServ Flag, Sidney, NE;
* Main Street Signs, Ontario, CA;
* Zumar Ind., Santa Fe Springs, CA;
* BC Traffic Specialist, Orange, CA;
* Full Traffic Maintenance, Corona, CA;
* Fusion Sign & Design, Riverside, CA
The bid included seventeen (17) various regulatory signs, aluminum extruded blades, square post caps, and 90 degree cross piece for extruded blades. Of the eight (8) bidders, Statewide Traffic Signs of Riverside, CA was determined to be the lowest responsive bidder. The alternate bid was not selected in order to keep all signs consistent wit...
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