Title
LYNX Blue Line Extension Facilities Furniture
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of furniture for new Blue Line Extension (BLE) facilities and the renovated South Boulevard Light Rail Facility from a cooperative purchasing contract as authorized by G.S. 143-129(e)(3), and
B. Approve a contract with Alfred Williams & Company for the purchase of furniture for Blue Line Extension facilities and the renovated South Boulevard Light Rail Facility for $150,000 from the North Carolina Statewide Term Contract 420A.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
John Lewis, CATS
Jill Brim, CATS
Cooperative Purchasing Exemption
NC S.L. 2001-328, effective August 2, 2001, authorizes competitive group purchasing.
Explanation
§ This purchase is to provide office furniture for the new facilities along the BLE, including:
- 16,750 square foot operations, service, and inspections space at the North Brevard Street Light Rail Facility;
- 2,031 square foot office space at the Sugar Creek Parking Garage facility;
- Six ticketing offices (two at each parking garage) at the Sugar Creek Parking Garage, University City Boulevard Parking Garage, and J.W. Clay Boulevard Parking Garage; and
- One new office at the renovated Rail Operations Command Center (ROCC) in the existing South Boulevard Light Rail Facility.
§ The facilities include modular workstations, office furniture and seating, file storage and lockers for approximately 45 cubicles/offices/workstations, conference, training and break rooms and an assembly area.
§ Alfred Williams & Company has a contract awarded through the North Carolina Division of Purchase & Contract’s Statewide Term Contracts program that offers competitively obtained contracts to public agencies statewide.
§ The company will be paid the unit prices set forth in the contract, a copy of which is available upon request.
Disadvantage Business Enterprise
These are cooperative purchasing contracts and are exempt. (Part A: Appendix 27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: CATS Community Investment Plan