Title
CATS Bus Shelter
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of bus shelters and related amenities by the sole source exemption,
B. Approve a contract with Tolar Manufacturing Company for the purchase of bus shelters and related amenities for a term of five year, and
C. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to one, five-year term with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Jason Lawrence, CATS
Sole Source Exemption
§ NC General Statute Section 143-129(e)(6) provides that formal bidding requirements do not apply when:
- Performance or price competition are not available;
- A needed product is available from only one source or supply; or
- Standardization or compatibility is the overriding consideration.
§ Sole sourcing is necessary for this contract because standardization or compatibility is the overriding consideration.
§ City Council approval is required for any purchases made under the sole source exception.
Explanation
§ Tolar Manufacturing is the only vendor capable of creating parts for this product the bus shelters currently in use on CATS' Sprinter bus line, at Blue Line bus stops, the CityLYNX Gold Line, the Beatties Ford Rd Corridor, and multiple other bus stop locations.
§ The Tolar products will fulfill efforts to purchase and install new bus shelters as well as maintain and replace approximately 300 existing bus stop shelters and amenities systemwide.
§ Annual expenditures are estimated to be $500,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This is a sole source contract and is exempt (Part A: Appendix 1.27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: CATS Capital Investment Plan