Specifications include, but are not limited to: OVERVIEWThe City of Newark is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to upgrade its parking meterinventory by participating in a three-month test period. Upon completion of the test period,the City will select a meter system based on its performance during the test period itsreceptivity by the community the features and options available with the meters that willprovide long-term operational and service economies the level of technical and trainingsupport from the vendor and its unit price. It is expected that the top three vendors will eachinstall approximately ten (10) meters in City-selected locations within thirty (30) days ofnotice of being selected to participate in the test period.Once the final selection of a particular meter is determined, the City will enter into anagreement with the vendor to upgrade its meters as budgets allow. There is a total parkingmeter inventory of approximately 455 meters campus wide to be potentially upgraded. It isthe City s intent to award a contract to a company and/or companies who can best providethe results as described in the RFP. This competitive procurement process shall include anevaluation of the quality, service, pricing and possibly negotiations of all or parts ofproposals submitted. The City may award a contract based upon initial proposal receivedwithout further discussions of such proposals. Therefore, each proposal should be submittedwith the company s most favorable price and service capabilities.B. General Specifications:The new meter systems must be compatible with the City s current meter housing. Ifnot, the replacement of the full meter may be suggested for review as an alternative,but this is not desirable unless cost neutral to the City.The new meter systems must allow users to choose from multiple payment optionsincluding credit cards, debit cards, coins and must also be capable of acceptingpayment by cell phone. Coins must continue to function if the card readingmechanism fails
