The Engineering Department - Transportation Division recommends the approval of an expenditure in the amount of $579,620 to purchase CCTV camera equipment from MoboTrex, LLC through the BuyBoard purchasing cooperative. This purchase includes the procurement of 146 CCTV cameras. The installation of these cameras is being done under a previously awarded contract. Both the installation and purchase of the equipment will be reimbursed by federal funds.
Quotes from three vendors were requested, and two (2) responded under this procurement with Mobotrex, LLC submitting the lowest, responsive, and responsible quote. The BuyBoard purchasing cooperative documentation shows that the Costar/Rise CCTV camera hardware substantially meets the City’s technical requirements and represents the best value for the City of Plano. The Costar/Rise CCTV camera has previously been evaluated live in Plano’s Traffic Management Center.
The benefit of this project includes adding visual capabilities at a significant majority of traffic signals and a few mid-block locations between signals. These new cameras will give the Traffic Management Center personnel and Emergency Operations Center remote real-time viewing capabilities and allow Transportation staff to respond to incidents and failed equipment much faster.
Not approving the expenditure would result in the loss of federal funds, continued blind spots around the city for the Traffic Management Center and Emergency Operations Center personnel, and delays in responding to incidents and equipment failures.
The City is authorized to purchase from a cooperative purchasing program with another local government or a local cooperative organization pursuant to Chapter 271 Subchapter F of the Texas Local Government Code and by doing so satisfies any State Law requiring local governments to seek competitive bids for items. (BuyBoard Contract No. 703-23 and City of Plano Contract No. 2025-0227-O)