DATE: August 23, 2018
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement (COF Contract No. 2018-0189) with Temple, Inc. for the Implementation of an Adaptive Signal Control Technology System (TDOT PIN 116144.01) in the Amount of $435,337.00 (CIC 8/23/2018 3-0)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Temple, Inc. for the implementation of an Adaptive Signal Control Technology (ASCT) System in the Cool Springs Area.
Background
On April 8, 2014, the BOMA approved a PSA (COF Contract No. 2013-0184) with Gresham Smith & Partners (GS&P) to perform the design and construction inspection for an adaptive traffic signal system in the Cool Springs area. Because this project is funded primarily (e.g. 80% federal/20% local) with a federal grant, the City is required to comply with all federal and state guidelines.
One of the first steps was to perform a Systems Engineering Analysis (SEA) to better define the project and to provide a rationale for the expected operations of the proposed adaptive system. The SEA was ultimately approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on May 20, 2015. This was followed by the development of preliminary design plans.
The next step was to select a vendor to provide the ASCT system. Because the system must operate seamlessly with our existing infrastructure, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) allowed the City to select a system vendor via a qualifications-based process, rather than by a simple low bid. After a thorough evaluation of the submittals, the project team unanimously selected Temple, Inc. (Temple), who is the regional vendor for the Split Cycle Offset Optimization Techniq...
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