Metro - File #: 2023-0275

• File #: 2023-0275
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/14/2023
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2023
• Final action: 7/27/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 165.01 to Contract No. OP02461010 with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), for the purchase and installation of 1,118 new state-of-the-art Bus Mobile Validators (BMVs) for the 21 Regional municipal operators and muni transit stores and special events, in the amount of $4,032,850, increasing the total contract value from $401,615,864 to $405,648,714.
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: All Door Boarding, Baldwin Park, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budgeting, Contracts, Ez Pass, Fare Zone, Glendora, Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing Program, Metro Busway J Line, Metrolink, Microtransit, Payment, Procurement, Purchasing, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Strategic planning, Transit authorities, Transit buses, Transit operators
• Related files: 2021-0525, 2023-0608

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: STATE-OF-THE-ART BUS MOBILE VALIDATORS FOR TAP MUNICIPAL OPERATORS

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION

RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 165.01 to Contract No. OP02461010 with Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. ("Cubic"), for the purchase and installation of 1,118 new state-of-the-art Bus Mobile Validators (BMVs) for the 21 Regional municipal operators and muni transit stores and special events, in the amount of $4,032,850, increasing the total contract value from $401,615,864 to $405,648,714.

Issue
ISSUE

The Bus Mobile Validator, or BMV, is a low-cost solution that was developed to make it possible for all agencies in LA County that collect fares to join TAP. In October 2012, the Board approved the purchase of 1,000 BMVs for installation on 750 buses for 15 municipal operators so that they could accept TAP fare payment. The BMVs have proven to be a low-cost solution that has allowed both small and large agencies to participate in a seamless fare payment system for LA County. Now over 10 years old, the aging BMVs have exceeded their life expectancy and are no longer manufactured. In addition, the new state-of-the-art BMVs will accommodate open payment technology (use of credit/debit and other ID cards) and will read barcodes for events or Metrolink ticketing.

Background
BACKGROUND

Initial BMV installations were on 15 municipal operators. The number of agencies using BMVs has now increased to 21, this includes Antelope Valley Transit Authority (Microtransit), Baldwin Park Transit, Burbank Bus, Carson Circuit, Compton Renaissance Transit, Glendale Beeline, Glendora Transit, Huntington Park Transit Unlimited, LA County Department of Public Works, Long Beach Transit, Los Angeles World Airports (FlyAway), Monterey Park Spirit Bus, Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority, Pasadena Transit, Redondo Beach Citie...