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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to accept grant funds from California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the Safe Routes to School program in the amount of $500,000, execute a grant agreement and any amendments thereto, and implement the grant by executing an agreement with Safe Moves in an amount not to exceed $475,000, for a one year period, with two one-year options to extend at the discretion of the City Manager; and increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Department of Public Works (PW) by $500,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 18, 2011, the City was awarded $500,000 under Cycle 3 of the federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program to continue bike and pedestrian safety education awareness at elementary and middle schools within the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). The City is completing implementation of its first SRTS grant, which has been extremely successful in providing such education programs over the past two years.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 8-4, “Selecting Professional Consultants,” to secure qualified firms. The RFP was advertised in the Press-Telegram on June 18, 2012. Fifty-five potential bidders downloaded the RFP via our electronic bid system. The RFP document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at: www.longbeach.gov/purchasing. An RFP announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 30 local, minority and women-owned business groups. Two proposals were received on July 12, 2012; neither were local, minority or women-owned business groups. Both proposers were interviewed and a selection committee, comprised of City staff, determined that Safe Moves, of Van Nuys, CA, was best qualified to implement the program.
Safe Moves will be responsible for conducting b...
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