City Council

8. Contract with Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. for Citywide Traffic Signal Maintenance\nand Repair FY 2024 Project - Contract No. 20240283\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, because\nthe project consists of the maintenance, repair or minor alteration of existing traffic signals\nand involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use;\nB. Accept the bid from Bear Electrical Solutions, Inc. (Bear Electrical) as the lowest\nresponsive and responsible bidder, and reject all other bids;\nC. Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute a contract with Bear Electrical in\nsubstantially the same form as submitted, for the Citywide Traffic Signal Maintenance and\nRepair FY 2024 Project, in an amount not-to-exceed $200,000 per year for a total of\n$600,000 over the three-year term of Contract No. 20240283; and\nD. Authorize a contingency of ten percent (10%) or $60,000 in the event of an unexpected\nchanged condition or additional extraordinary maintenance and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to issue a change order for an amount up to the contingency amount, if\nnecessary.