Title
Traffic Signal Detection Installation and Maintenance Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve unit price contracts for traffic signal detection installation and maintenance services for a term of three years to the following:
* American Electric Company (SBE),
* M.H. Graves Construction Company (SBE), and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contracts for one, two-year term with possible price adjustments and to amend the contracts consistent with the purpose for which the contracts were approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Debbie Smith, Transportation
Bryan Tarlton, Transportation
Explanation
* The Charlotte Department of Transportation operates and maintains a transportation system that includes over 1,000 traffic signals and supporting infrastructure.
* Traffic signal detection perceives vehicle and bike presence to enable efficient signal operations.
* These contracts will support the installation and maintenance of traffic signal detection associated with city-maintained traffic signals.
* This work supports the city's mobility policies to achieve a safe, connected, equitable, sustainable, prosperous, and innovative transportation network for Charlotte.
* On April 24, 2026, the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP); two responses were received.
* The selected companies best meet the city's needs in terms of qualifications, experience, cost, and responsiveness to RFP requirements.
* At renewal, potential price adjustments may be considered based on legitimate and justified increases in the cost of doing business. The ability to consider price adjustments also allows the city to accept decreases, if warranted.
* Annual aggregate expenditures are estimated to be $350,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Effective July 1, 2026, Session Law 2026-41 eliminated the authority of North Carolina local governments to use race-conscious and gender-conscious contracting requirements. In compliance with the new law, no MBE/WBE/MWBE/MSBE/WSBE/MWSBE goals or ...
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