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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MARCH 21, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: POWER SWEEPING SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP1066318370000 to Joe's Sweeping, Inc. dba Nationwide Environmental Services, to provide systemwide power sweeping services in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $7,162,050 for the three-year base period and $2,588,620 for each of the two, one-year options, for a total NTE amount of $12,339,290, effective June 1, 2024.
Issue
ISSUE
The existing power sweeping services contract expires on May 31, 2024. To avoid a lapse in service and continue providing safe, quality, regularly scheduled, and as-needed power sweeping services systemwide, a new contract award is required, effective June 1, 2024.
Background
BACKGROUND
On April 26, 2018, the Board awarded a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP962800003367 to Nationwide Environmental Services to provide regularly scheduled and as-needed power sweeping services throughout Metro facilities and parking lots, effective June 1, 2018.
Under the existing contract, the contractor is required to provide power sweeping services for 110 Metro bus and rail facilities and 40 Caltrans owned Park and Ride (P&R) facilities, for a total of 150 facilities. With the opening of the Metro K line (Crenshaw/LAX) and the acquisition of properties, services were expanded to include an additional 11 bus and rail facilities for an updated total of 161 facilities and parking lots. To date, the contractor has been satisfactorily providing regularly scheduled and as-needed power sweeping services systemwide.
While staff continuously evaluates service levels and explores opportunities for improvements, Metro's service area was split geographically into North and South regions. These actions are necessary to increase competition and expand opportunities fo...
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