RFB No. 2023-0592-B for Intersection Improvements - 2022 Traffic Signal Construction - Various Locations, Project No. 7391, for the Engineering Department to EAR Telecommunications, LLC DBA EARTC, in the amount of $3,194,502; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

The Engineering Department opened bids on December 14, 2023 for the Intersection Improvements - 2022 Traffic Signal Construction - Various Locations Project No. 7391. The project includes the construction of eight (8) traffic signals at the following intersections:

• Los Rios Boulevard at Merriman Drive
• Park Boulevard at San Gabriel Drive
• Alma Drive at Janwood Drive
• Parker Road at Plano Fire Station No. 9
• Parkwood Boulevard at Democracy Drive
• Tennyson Parkway at Democracy Drive
• Preston Road (SH 289) at Towne Square Drive
• Plano Parkway at International Parkway

The lowest responsive and responsible bid was submitted by EAR Telecommunications, LLC DBA EARTC, in the amount of $3,194,502. There were a total of 1,144 vendors notified of this project. Three complete bids were received for the project as shown in the attached bid recap.

If this project is not awarded, it will result in continued safety issues and/or coordination issues at these eight intersections which were selected based on crash history and removing the last all-way stops from our City arterials.

Funding for this item is available in the 2023-24 Street Improvements CIP and is planned for future years, as well.  Construction services for the Intersection Improvements - 2022 Traffic Signal Construction - Various Locations Project No. 7391, in the total amount of $3,194,502, will leave a balance of $67,056 for future expenditures.

Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government.