Approval to piggyback the St. Lucie County Annual Traffic Maintenance Contract C25-11-1055 with Econolite Systems, Inc. for traffic signal maintenance for an annual amount of $175,000.00.  

Maintenance of the traffic signal systems by Econcolite Systems, Inc. was previously approved for an annual amount of $175,000.00 by the Commission at the January 21, 2025 meeting, with a contract to follow at a later meeting.  Econolite is the vendor that manufactures the equipment utilized by the City of Fort Pierce traffic control system.  Econolite has recently added a division which the City is currently utilizing on a preventive maintenance and emergency basis due to their familiarity with the equipment and the fact that no vendors have responded to the previous two advertisements for bids. Follow-up conversations with possible vendors indicated the age and condition of the City's traffic control system was a deterrent for them in submitting a bid. Therefore, staff requests approval to piggyback the Saint Lucie County Contract C25-11-1055 with Econolite Systems, Inc. to continue to provide maintenance and emergency services for the City's traffic control systems.     

Staff recommends approval.

Deny the piggyback contract and negotiate a seperate contract with Econolite.

Deny and readvertize for bids for a third time.  

Mark Zrallack

Saint Lucie County