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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to increase Interim Blanket Purchase Order No. BPLB16000013 with Graffiti Protective Coatings, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, for graffiti removal services, by $575,000, for a total amount not to exceed $675,000, and extend the term through July 31, 2016. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to increase the existing interim Blanket Purchase Order (BPO) No. BPLB16000013 with Graffiti Protective Coatings (GPC) by $575,000, to provide graffiti abatement services for the City until a new contract is in place. The Department of Public Works, Public Services Bureau, administers the City’s abatement program. The program’s core mission is to remove graffiti from public and 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.
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. Current purchasing guidelines authorize the City Manager to approve annual purchases up to $100,000 when a competitive procurement has resulted in fewer than three price proposals (bids). Interim BPO No. BPLB16000013 was issued in the amount of $100,000 which ended April 30, 2016.
The Department of Public Works, Public Service Bureau, in conjunction with the Department of Financial Management, Purchasing Division, are preparing to issue an RFP for Graffiti Removal Services, which will be posted by the end of April. Approval of a $575,000 BPO increase, and an extension of term through July 31, 2016, will allow for payment of current services until a contract is awarded. It is estimated that a contract will be awarded through the RFP process by the end of July 2016.
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