Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a noncompetitive sole source contract for transportation analytics software to support MPO planning activities. The one-year contract has a cost of $131,000 and includes two additional one-year terms. Funding for the contract is included in MPO's 2022 adopted budget and in its 2023 budget request. Approximately 83% of the MPO's 2022 budget is supported by federal sources.
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Authorizing, on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO, a noncompetitive sole source contract for an initial one-year subscription renewal (with automatic renewal for two additional one-year terms unless notice is provided otherwise) to an online transportation data analytics software platform from StreetLight Data, Inc. to support MPO and City of Madison planning activities
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison is responsible for providing professional staff services to the Greater Madison MPO (“MPO”), the designated metropolitan planning organization for the Madison area, as provided for in the 2007 MPO designation agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is the administrative and fiscal agent for the MPO and is a legally constituted entity under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and able to receive the federal and state grant funding, which covers around 84% of the MPO budget; and
WHEREAS, as the designated MPO for the Madison metropolitan area the Greater Madison MPO has responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities, including development of a long-range multi-modal regional transportation plan and transportation improvement program; and
WHEREAS, due to limitations in scale, cost, and time, traditional travel data collection methods alone are not sufficient to support effective transportation planning and project design given the rapidly changing transportation landscape as evidenced by the impact of COVID-19 on travel, and transportation professionals are therefore turning to “big data” so...
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