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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MAY 21, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) REPLACEMENT
Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 24-month firm-fixed price Contract No. PS135749000 to Dematic Corp. (Dematic) for the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) replacement to install 11 AGVs along with the associated software in the amount of $4,837,855, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE
This Board action is to award a contract for the replacement of Metro-owned and operated AGVs, which are a component of Metro's existing Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). The 20-year-old AGVs have obsolete parts that are critical to the operating system, including the main CPU boards, communications boards, and radios. The 4906 AGV controller software (traffic control and routing) is obsolete, and at the end of their useful life. Repair and/or replacement parts are not available, which will result in negative service impacts on our riders.
Background
BACKGROUND
The ASRS system was commissioned in 1986 by HK Systems Incorporated, which Dematic acquired in 2010. Within the last 40 years, ASRS went through several upgrades (2006, 2007, 2013 and 2015) to replace the original components and perform system updates. Components such as the AGVs are at the end of their useful life, and any failure would cause a significant risk to Metro.
Metro's AGVs are computer-controlled, wheel-based load carriers that move materials and supplies autonomously around Metro's Central Maintenance Facility (CMF). They carry material loads to and from Metro's CMF main parts supply stocking warehouse and receiving docks. They follow predefined paths-using magnets-to deliver parts and components to CMF's main production line and support repair shops across multiple buildings at CMF. In addition, they deliver loads of mater...
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