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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Joseph Hopp, Superintendent of Maintenance Services
DATE: January 29, 2015
SUBJECT:
Requesting approval to purchase 16 Cale CWT Daily Parking Machines from Total Parking Solutions 2721 Curtiss St., Downers Grove, IL 60515 for the RT 59 Transit Center in the amount not to exceed $200,000.00.
PURPOSE:
The current RT 59 Transit Center daily parking machines are Digital Luke II that accept payment for parking by space number. The Luke II machines are not upgradeable to a pay by license plate system which is currently in use at the RT 25 Transit Center. With the reconstruction of the parking lot this year, this would be the optimum time to upgrade to a pay by license plate system.
BACKGROUND:
The RT 59 Daily Parking Machines are a pay by parking space that only accepts cash or a "smart card". These machines are eight years old and are not upgradeable to a pay by license plate system.
In 2014 the City solicited bids for new daily parking machines for the RT 25 Transit Center. Total Parking Solution ("TPS") submitted the low All Inclusive bid for Cale America CWT Pay by License Plate machine, ongoing fees, and maintenance & service contract. This machine is capable of being operated in several modes; Pay by Parking Space Number, Pay & Display Daily Parking Ticket or Pay by License Plate Number. Additionally, this machine accepts cash, credit or debit cards. To date we have been very pleased with the Cale machine and TPS customer service being used at the RT 25 Center. In addition, this machine will interface with the City's existing license plate recognition system for parking enforcement. It should be noted that TPS is located in Downers Grove, thus the closest of all companies that submitted bids. TPS will match their low bid of $11,625 per Cale CWT parking machine with the service & maintenance contract and all other line item costs submitted last year. There may be additional costs for concrete a...
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