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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PW16-144 and award a contract to Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, to provide graffiti removal services, in an annual amount not to exceed $1,370,000, and authorize an annual 20 percent contingency in the amount of $274,000, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $1,644,000, for a period of three years, with the option to renew for five additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc. (GPC), to provide graffiti removal services for the City. The Department of Public Works, Public Services Bureau, administers the City’s graffiti abatement program. The program’s core mission is to remove graffiti from private property as quickly as possible in order to improve neighborhoods and discourage further graffiti. The program is offered Citywide at no cost to property owners or tenants. This proposed contract will include graffiti removal to City parks and marinas.
On December 11, 2012, the City Council awarded a contract to GPC, in an annual amount not to exceed $1,077,600, to provide graffiti abatement services for a period of one year with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, which expired on April 8, 2016. On May 10, 2016, the City Council approved an increase to Interim Blanket Purchase Order No. BPLB16000013 for an amount not to exceed $675,000, through July 31, 2016, to provide continued graffiti abatement services while a Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued and a contractor selected for a new contract term.
Under the proposed contract, main thoroughfares and graffiti hotspots, which are identified through GPC staff and GPC software, will be patrolled and cleaned daily. GPC has provided the City with its graffiti work order and tracking software at no additional cost. GPC has also integrated its software wit...
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