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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with INRIX, Inc. (formerly ParkMe, Inc.), of Santa Monica, CA, to continue to provide real-time parking information to the public through an online website and a mobile phone application service, in an annual amount not to exceed $38,040, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with INRIX, Inc., to continue to provide real-time parking information through an online website and a mobile phone application.
On December 2, 2014, the City Council approved a contract with IPS Group, Inc. to install and replace coin meters with smart parking meters that are capable of accepting credit card payment but decided against the mobile payment (pay-by-cell) aspect. In February 2015, sensors were installed that detect when a vehicle parks and vacates a smart metered space.
On September 1, 2015, the City entered into a two-year agreement with ParkMe, Inc., now known as INRIX, Inc., to create and maintain a mobile phone application, EZparkLB, that provides real-time parking information for City-owned and operated parking lots, garages, and on-street public parking meters. The EZparkLB application is part of the City’s commitment to adopt the smart parking meters, as discussed in the staff report submitted to City Council for the adoption of the smart meters on December 2, 2014.
City Charter Section 1801 requires that contracts for City purchases be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after a competitive bid process, but allows for awards without a competitive bid process if accompanied by a Resolution adopted by the City Council.
A sole source exception is requested for contracting with INRIX, Inc. who has an exclusive partnership with IPS Group, Inc., for the software to integrate the meter data and m...
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