The Street/Traffic Division for the Public Works Department requested bids for painting pavement markings for the nine roundabouts on Shiloh Road and King Ave West.  These pavement markings will be painted in epoxy paint and will also include grinding/cleaning of existing markings prior to restriping   The Public Works Department advertised for bids in the Billings Times and the City website for two weeks.  Bids opened for the striping on August 12,2014.  The City received two bids for this work.

The Council may:

• Approve the award for the painting and striping of the nine roundabouts: or
• Not award for the painting and striping of the nine roundabouts.  If not awarded, the pavement markings will continue to fade and will eventually be unrecognizable.

The cost for the striping and road markings for nine roundabouts is an approved supplemental budget request for the FY2015 budget for theStreet//Traffic Division.  Two suppliers responded to the request for bids and the bidding results are as follows:

Vendor	Price
Arrow Striping and Mfg Inc.	$107,044
High Mark Traffic Services, Inc.	$189,000

Staff recommends that Council accept the low bid for striping and road markings for nine Shiloh Rd. roundabouts for $107,044 from Arrow Striping and Mfg. Inc.