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la�-F <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: January 29, 2018 <br />TO: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Richard B. Szpyrka, P.E., Public Works Director <br />FROM: James Ennis, P.E., County Engineer <br />SUBJECT: Designation of Jamar Technologies as Sole Source Manufacturer and <br />Provider of Traffic Radar Recorder Equipment and TRAXPro Software <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The County's traffic counting program is utilized to determine transportation level -of -service and <br />concurrency, and to determine the need for road repairs and roadway improvement projects. The County <br />Traffic Engineering Division uses counters/classifiers to count vehicles, measure vehicle classifications and <br />speeds. Due to the proprietary nature of the software and hardware used in traffic counters, different <br />vendors' equipment are not compatible. <br />Since 1991, the County Traffic Engineering Division has used tube counting equipment and TRAXPRo <br />traffic counter software manufactured and sold by Jamar Technologies, which we have continued to find as <br />reliable and accurate. Jamar Technologies has advanced traffic counting technology by developing Radar <br />Recorder Traffic Counters. These counters are mounted to adjacent utility or streetlight poles, thereby <br />dramatically reducing staff's exposure to traffic by eliminating the need to install tubes across busy roadways <br />for the purpose of counting traffic. <br />In order to ensure consistency and standardization throughout our program, the Public Works Department is <br />requesting the Board of County Commissioners recognize Jamar Technologies as the sole source <br />manufacturer and provider in the State of Florida for all Gen 1 Radar Recorder & associated traffic counter <br />equipment and for TRAXPro software, and authorize the waiver of the requirement for bids for their <br />purchase. This will enable efficient replacement of inventory as required for use in the field. <br />FUNDING <br />Expenditures for Jamar Technologies, Inc. may come from existing Traffic Engineering accounts and other <br />accounts created for future acquisition of traffic counting equipment and software. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners declare Jamar Technologies, Inc. as the County's <br />sole source provider for tube counting and Radar Recorder Traffic counting equipment, hardware and <br />software related to Jamar Technologies, and waive the requirement for bids for their purchase, as needed. <br />Staff also recommends the Board authorize the Purchasing Division to issue Purchase Orders for the radar <br />counters, tube counters, associated equipment and TRAXPro software, as needed. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />Jamar Technologies Letter <br />APPROVED AGENDA ITEM FOR FEBRUARY 13.2018 <br />238 <br />C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@C40D0726\@BCL@C40D0726.doc <br />