Metro - File #: 2016-0035

• File #: 2016-0035
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/12/2016
• In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• On agenda: 3/17/2016
• Title: AUTHORIZE: A. the Chief Executive Officer to award a not-to-exceed contract under Bid Number OP17007 to NABI Parts Inc., for the purchase of Bus Operator Safety Barrier Installation Kits for a base amount not to exceed $5,443,449, inclusive of sales tax; and B. the amendment of the FY16 Adopted Budget to add 4 represented full time equivalents (FTE's).
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Barriers (Roads), Bids, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Contracts, Labor, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Operations Maintenance (Project), Procurement, Purchasing, Retrofitting, Rolling stock

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/24/2016	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
3/17/2016	System Safety, Security and Operations Committee

Meeting_Body
SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
MARCH 17, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: BUS OPERATOR SAFETY BARRIER INSTALLATION KITS

ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE:

A. the Chief Executive Officer to award a not-to-exceed contract under Bid Number OP17007 to NABI Parts Inc., for the purchase of Bus Operator Safety Barrier Installation Kits for a base amount not to exceed $5,443,449, inclusive of sales tax; and

B. the amendment of the FY16 Adopted Budget to add 4 represented full time equivalents (FTE's).

Issue
ISSUE

In July 2015, in response to increased operator assaults on Metro's bus fleet, Metro's CEO directed staff to retrofit all of Metro's existing bus fleet with protective Bus Operator Safety Barriers in order to provide operators additional protection against bus operator assaults. The initial response was in September 2015, when Metro authorized contract modifications with New Flyer of America to retrofit all 900 New Flyer buses delivered under Contract OP33202869 with operator safety barriers. There are 1,300 buses remaining in Metro's fleet that are in need of retrofitting with barriers.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Metro is dedicated to increasing the safety of our Operators and customers. No matter how minor, assaults on Operators cause worker absence, productivity losses and increased levels of stress for the victim and their coworkers. Therefore, it is important that Metro continue its preventative measures to address the issue of Operator assaults.

This procurement provides for the purchase and delivery of Bus Operator Safety Barrier "Installation Kits" that will be used to retrofit all remaining buses in Metro's active bus fleet. Staff will install the operator barriers on up to 1,300 buses over the next two years.

Installation includes mounting of brackets to support the barriers, grab rails to secure the barriers in the closed position and the barriers themselves. The installation ...