HomeMy WebLinkAbout16978 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,978
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH TLS GROUP, INC., D/B/A TLS
5 CONSTRUCTION GROUP, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
6 MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND, ONE
7 HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND 80/100 DOLLARS,($1,759,114.80),FOR THE
8 CPRG STREET LIGHT CONVERSION PROJECT; AND FOR OTHER
9 PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, it has been deemed appropriate and necessary to analyze and design a project to
12 convert and replace obsolete City-owned and maintained high-pressure sodium street light fixtures with
13 LED fixtures to provide more reliable lighting, reduce electricity use, and to replace fixtures that can no
14 longer be repaired; and,
15 WHEREAS, project improvements include replacement of high-pressure sodium fixtures with
16 LED fixtures,making incidental repairs to lighting assemblies and related work; and,
17 WHEREAS,the City of Little Rock is the recipient of a subaward from the Arkansas Tri-Region
18 Energy and Environment Innovation Coalition for an implementation grant from the Environmental
19 Protection Agency to perform Carbon Pollution Reduction(CPRG) implementation activities that include
20 streetlight conversion; and,
21 WHEREAS, responses to an Invitation to Bid ("ITB"), Bid No. 208790 for CPRG Street Light
22 Conversion were received by the City of Little Rock on February 3,2026; and,
23 WHEREAS,three (3)bids were received, and it was determined that TLS Group, Inc d/b/a TLS
24 Construction Group, provided the lowest,responsive,responsible bid meeting specifications; and,
25 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
26 CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
27 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agreement for the CPRG Street
28 Light Conversion project with TLS Group, Inc d/b/a TLS Construction Group in an amount not to exceed
29 One Million, Seven Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand, One Hundred Fourteen and 80/100 Dollars,
30 ($1,759,114.80), which is the base bid amount of One Million, Four Hundred Sixty Five Thousand,Nine
31 Hundred Twenty Nine and 00/100 Dollars, ($1,465,929.00)plus a Twenty percent(20%)contingency.
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1 Section 2. Funding for this project is from the CPRG Federal Grant, ID Number 02F75801
2 (Subrecipient#CPRG-CA-SL-001) as authorized by Resolution 16,747 (July 1, 2025). Account Activity
3 270409 G40P251.
4 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase,
5 or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
6 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
7 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
8 resolution.
9 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent
10 with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
11 ADOPTED: March 3,2026
12 ATTEST: APPROVED:
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14 MAY1.
15 Allison Segars,City Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor
16 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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19 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attorn
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