DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 1
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: (Job-Order Contract) Houston Street Lights Replacement Project
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Houston Street Lights Replacement Project authorizing a task order to a Job Order Contract with Con-Cor Inc. in the amount of $185,419.06, for the retrofitting of 75 street lights to LED lighting along Houston Street, a FY 2016 Houston Street TIRZ and Tax Notes funded project, located in Council District 1.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
The City is in the process of retrofitting street lights along Houston Street to LED lighting. As a part of this project, the control system for the street lights also is being upgraded. The upgraded system is a web based lighting control system and has the capability to dim the street lights as well as allow remote access to control the street lights. This contract provides for the replacement of seventy five (75) street light fixtures including rewiring and repainting the existing poles along Houston Street. This Project is scheduled to begin in August 2016 and is scheduled to be completed in December 2016
Procurement of Services
This Project was selected to utilize Job Order Contracting (JOC), an alternative Project delivery method, through which ten contractors were approved through Ordinance 2015-01-15-0013 by City Council on January 15, 2015. The use of the JOC delivery method has provided the City with on-call construction, renovation and maintenance services for City buildings and facilities. Assignment of JOC contractor to a specific job is based on the contractor's current workload, overall capacity, familiarity with a specific facility, cost, expertise in completing specific task(s) and/or managing a specific trade needed to carry out the job. Of the ten contractors, Con-Cor Inc. was selected to submit an estimate and project schedule ...
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