Metro - File #: 2024-0319

• File #: 2024-0319
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/2/2024
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/27/2024
• Final action: 6/27/2024
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 176 to Contract No. OP02461010001, with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), in the amount of $66,423,946 for upgrading the current fare payment system to include open payment and account-based functionality and expand its capabilities to improve the customer experience, including acceptance of credit and debit cards as payment on buses and at rail stations for 27 Los Angeles County transit agencies; B. EXECUTE Modification No. 155.02 to Contract No. OP02461010MAINT000, with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), in the amount of $78,883,737 to support the current fare collection system, as well as the upgrade, and to extend the period of performance for an additional four years from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028; C. NEGOTIATE and execute all agreements, contract awards, including contract modifications, not to exceed $6.5 million for software development and/or integration to implement ope...
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Americans With Disabilities Act, Automatic vehicle location, Baldwin Park, Budget, Budgeting, Contractors, Contracts, Fare Zone, Gardena, Glendora, GoPass, Hollywood, Information systems, Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE), Maintenance, Metro Bike Share, Metrolink, Olympic games, Partnerships, Payment, Procurement, Program, Purchasing, Redondo Beach, Request For Proposal, Santa Monica, Security, Shared mobility, Strategic planning, Stress tests (Equipment), Testing, Ticket vending machines, Transfers, Transit authorities, Transit operators, Transit System, Vehicle sharing, Warranty, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2023-0617, 2024-0487

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2024	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JUNE 27, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: TAP PLUS

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No. 176 to Contract No. OP02461010001, with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), in the amount of $66,423,946 for upgrading the current fare payment system to include open payment and account-based functionality and expand its capabilities to improve the customer experience, including acceptance of credit and debit cards as payment on buses and at rail stations for 27 Los Angeles County transit agencies;

B. EXECUTE Modification No. 155.02 to Contract No. OP02461010MAINT000, with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), in the amount of $78,883,737 to support the current fare collection system, as well as the upgrade, and to extend the period of performance for an additional four years from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028;

C. NEGOTIATE and execute all agreements, contract awards, including contract modifications, not to exceed $6.5 million for software development and/or integration to implement open payment and account-based functionality; and

D. AMEND the FY25 Budget by $33,000,000 to accommodate for the cash flow requirements of FY25 for the first-year implementation of the TAP Plus project.

(CARRIED OVER FROM THE MAY REGULAR BOARD MEETING)

Issue
ISSUE

The current TAP fare payment system requires an upgrade to expand its capabilities to meet the features available at transit systems around the country and the world and v. Proposed improvements include acceptance of credit and debit cards as payment on buses and at rail stations, as well as a new account-based system that makes it easier for current and new customers to sign up for and use the TAP system and make it easier for riders to access reduced and free fares (e.g., GoPass and the LIFE program).

Background
BACKGROUND

Los Angeles County's regional TAP system ...