Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Public Works

TO:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Nick Voss
CC:	Charles F. Soules, Shoeb Uddin
Date:	4/04/2012
RE:	Sole source purchase of lighting for project PW1126

Project Description

The project consists of extending Delaware Street from 9th Street to 8th Street including on-street angle parking, sidewalks, street trees, Poehler building parking lot, pedestrian lighting, storm sewer water inlets and pipes, (along Delaware and 8th) and a water line.  Reconstruction of the alley (northern half) between Delaware Street and Pennsylvania Street and the angle parking on 8th street are also part of the project.

Pedestrian and street lighting will be installed along, Delaware (8th to 9th Street) and on Poehler Building parking lot.  The lights selected for the project have a contemporary styling that are consistent with the design guidelines for this industrial historic area.  Due to the timeline involved in the production of the lights the city will be purchasing the lights and supplying them to the contractor for installation.

Project Cost/ Funding

Project Cost
17 ALB-MIN-PT/53W LED 4000K/10' Pole	$32,096.68
6 ALB-MAX-PT/117W LED 4000K/30' Pole	$17,954.34
5 Hadco RX180 30' Pole	$16,898.25
Total Cost	$66,949.27

Funding Source
Parking Lot Lighting 6 ALB-MAX-PT/117W LED 4000k/30' Pole GO Bonds (Res. 6937)	$17,954.34
Street Lighting 17 ALB-MIN-PT/53W LED 4000K/10' Pole 5 Hadco RX180 30' Pole GO Bonds (Res 6941)	$48,994.93
Total Funding	$66,949.27

The City will be purchasing the lights at a total cost of $66,949.27.  The lights will include fifteen ten foot pedestrian lights that will be placed in the 800 block of Delaware, four thirty foot street lights that will be placed on the corner of 8th and Delaware and 9th and Delaware, and five thirty foot parking lot lights that will be installed in the Poehler Building parking lot.  In addition two ten foot pedestrian lights, one 30' parking lot light, and one 30' street light will be ordered for future maintenance purposes.

The project will be funded by GO bonds (Res 6937, 6941).  The lights selected for the project are a sole source item because of their contemporary styling.  Stanion Electric is the sole source provider for the lighting fixtures.

Installation prices for the lights are included in the contract for project PW1126, Delaware 8th to 9th Street and Poehler parking lot.

We are requesting a sole source purchase of the lights from Stanion Electric, Pratt, KS.

Action Request

If appropriate, authorize funding in the amount of $66,949.27 from Stanion Electric, for lights to be used on project PW1126, Delaware 8th to 9th Street and Poehler parking lot.