The Phoenix City Council approved master agreements with Utility Construction Company, Inc. and Power Tech Contracting, LLC for Street, Pathway, and Wall Pack Lighting Installation 2-Step Job Order Contracting Services for the Street Transportation Department. These services, valued at up to $5 million per contractor for a total not to exceed $10 million, include installation of various types of lighting, foundations, underground conduits, and junction boxes. The scope also covers directional boring across streets, open trench conduit work, concrete and asphalt removal and repair, coordination with City archeological requirements, landscape restoration, and survey. Additionally, the City Manager is authorized to execute related design and construction agreements, licenses, permits, and utility service requests. The Council also granted an exception to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to allow for indemnification and assumption of liability provisions in the transaction documents, excluding those involving real property interests. The agreements have a term of up to five years or $5 million, whichever comes first, with individual job order agreements not to exceed $2 million without further Council approval. Funding is available in the Street Transportation Department’s Capital Improvement Program Budget.