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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP AP13-034 and authorize City Manager to execute all documents, including any necessary amendments regarding term or scope, to enter into a two-year agreement for an amount not to exceed $1,114,991 with John Bean Technologies, dba JBT Aerotech Services (JBT), of Ogden, UT (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), to perform maintenance and capital improvements for the baggage handling systems at the Long Beach Airport (Airport), with two optional one-year renewals for an annual amount not to exceed $300,000, at the discretion of the City Manager. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Functionality of the Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) is critical for baggage security screening, maintaining flight schedules and customer satisfaction. To ensure that the BHS remains functional with very limited periods of inoperability, the Airport requires the full-time services of technicians specifically trained in developing and performing preventive and corrective maintenance programs for the BHS and components.
The BHS at the Airport consists of portions of old systems constructed as far back as the 1980s, in addition to newer, more technologically complex portions that were constructed in 2008, all of which require frequent maintenance and repair. The newer portions consist of a partial in-line conveyor system that combines bags from multiple conveyors behind the airline ticket counters. This portion also carries all baggage to a centralized Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening area and delivers cleared baggage to the airline baggage make-up carousel.
The Request for Proposal (RFP) was advertised in the Press Telegram on June 10, 2013, and 4,269 potential bidders specializing in baggage handling systems were notified of this RFP opportunity. Of those bidders, 37 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, a...
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