Metro - File #: 2022-0423

• File #: 2022-0423
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/20/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 10/27/2022
• Final action: 10/27/2022
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price contract under IFB No. OP87524 with Elite Auto Network Corporation, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for thirty-three hybrid Metro Transit Security SUVs for a firm fixed price of $2,340,195.31, inclusive of sales tax.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Budgeting, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Contracts, Fuels, Guidelines, Hybrid vehicles, Inglewood, Maintenance, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail K Line, Non-revenue Vehicle Acquisition, Non-revenue Vehicles, Outreach, Procurement, Purchasing, Radio, Railroad facilities, Revenue Service, Rolling stock, Safety, Safety and security, Security, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, South Coast Air Quality Management District, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning, Transit System, Vehicle fleets, Vehicle maintenance, Westchester, Zero Emissions, Zoning

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
10/20/2022	Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: PURCHASE THIRTY-THREE METRO TRANSIT SECURITY HYBRID SUVS

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price contract under IFB No. OP87524 with Elite Auto Network Corporation, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for thirty-three hybrid Metro Transit Security SUVs for a firm fixed price of $2,340,195.31, inclusive of sales tax.

Issue
ISSUE

The purchase of thirty-three (33) hybrid SUVs is imperative to Metro Transit Security (MTS) operational needs. The new SUVs will provide for the replacement of nineteen (19) existing vehicles that have exceeded the Metro vehicle replacement guidelines for non-revenue service vehicles of eight years and/or 100,000 miles and add fourteen (14) new vehicles in support of enhancing response times for Metro customers and employees requesting security services. Specifically, the purchase of these vehicles is needed to effectively provide security services along Metro's transit system throughout Los Angeles County, which consists of various locations, ten (10) geographically distinct bus divisions, and seven (7) rail divisions servicing seven (7) rail lines, inclusive of the planned expansion of the K Line (Crenshaw) servicing Crenshaw, Inglewood, Westchester, and surrounding areas.

Background
BACKGROUND

MTS's current fleet supports 197 full-time positions daily on a 24/7 basis. MTS currently operates a fleet of (26) SUVs equipped for patrol functions. Due to daily wear and tear on each of the (26) SUVs, on average 10-15 vehicles are receiving maintenance monthly rendering them out of service and unusable. This allows for only 16-11 vehicles available for use monthly to provide security services at Metro bus and rail facilities, divisions, bus stops, zones, revenue collection, and rail stations. MTS also conducts community outr...