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Approval of Amendment 1 to Agreement No. AGR 14-4014 Increasing County’s Compensation to Avail Technologies, Inc. to an Amount not to Exceed $1,011,595 (plus applicable GRT) for the Purpose of Purchasing an Automatic Voice Annunciator (AVA) and Providing Hosting and Maintenance Costs for the Vehicle Intelligent Transportation System for the Contract Term Limit of June 30, 2020.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Approval of Amendment 1 to Agreement No. AGR 14-4014 Increasing County’s Compensation to Avail Technologies, Inc. to an Amount not to Exceed $1,011,595 (plus applicable GRT) for the Purpose of Purchasing an Automatic Voice Annunciator (AVA) and Providing Hosting and Maintenance Costs for the Vehicle Intelligent Transportation System for the Contract Term Limit of June 30, 2020.
County Manager’s Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the purchase of the Automatic Voice Annunciator and Extend the Hosting and Maintenance Services Until the Contract Term Limit of June 30, 2020 where Amendment 1 will Increase Contract Amount to $1,011,595 plus applicable NMGRT as requested.
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Staff is recommending the purchase of the Automatic Voice Annunciator (AVA) which meets the American Disability Act (ADA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requirements. The Public Address (PA) system on the bus will make audio announcements for the visually impaired and the LED sign will display text for the hearing impaired. AVA supports multiple languages as it announces locations of published stops required by the (ADA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This is a service design and delivery requirement where Atomic City Transit is required to announce published stops and is reviewed in our biannual audit with FTA.
The system includes the following:
· Automatic GPS triggering of pre-recorded stop announcements
· Fully ADA compliant
· Interior announcement of next stop, exterior announcement of route number and n...
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