Lancaster Planet bids #012-27

Temporary Dynamic Advisory Speed-Sign System Pilot for Avenue K

The City of Lancaster is seeking a vendor to deliver and support a temporary dynamic advisory speed-sign pilot on Avenue K. - Government buyer: City of Lancaster Public Works Department; Purchasing Division. - OEMs: No manufacturer or specific brand is identified. No sign quantities or part numbers are provided. - Vendors named: ADVANTEC Consulting Engineers, Inc.; CA Traffic Solution; Fehr & Peers; GovGuide; Kern County Builders Exchange; Psomas; Shay Enterprise. - Equipment requested for rental: Remotely controllable numeric dynamic advisory speed signs, communications equipment, power/solar equipment, a system control and remote-access platform, and supporting and mounting equipment. - Services requested: Delivery, installation and deployment; configuration and communications setup; testing and commissioning; staff training; operations and monitoring; preventive and corrective maintenance and repairs; technical support; communications services; software, licensing and subscriptions; authorized sign relocation; and equipment removal, demobilization and site restoration. - Notable requirements: Signs supplement existing regulatory speed-limit signs and provide advisory speeds only; they do not establish enforceable variable speed limits. The vendor provides and supports the system and supplies operational records and equipment documentation. The City conducts traffic and speed data collection and the engineering evaluation and reporting. - Pricing basis: Rental and setup are priced separately from recurring operations and support. Relocation is priced per sign and requires prior written City authorization; one sign is specified for this unit-price item. The conceptual deployment exhibit will establish sign locations and quantities. - Term: The pilot is described as an initial three-month deployment with an optional three-month extension. A separate draft agreement attachment describes a three-year initial term with two one-year extension options; its detailed scope is blank, so that term is distinct from the pilot deployment period.

Description

The City of Lancaster seeks a vendor to furnish, deploy, operate, maintain, support, and remove a complete Dynamic Advisory Speed System for a pilot along Avenue K. The system includes remotely controllable numeric advisory speed signs and the necessary communications, power, control, mounting, and supporting equipment. The signs supplement existing regulatory speed-limit signs and will not establish an enforceable variable regulatory speed limit. The vendor is responsible for the system and its operational records and equipment documentation; the City will collect traffic and speed data and conduct analysis and reporting. The initial deployment is three months, with an optional three-month extension at the City's discretion.

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