File #: 2025-0096   
Type: Contract Status: Passed
File created: 1/31/2025 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 3/20/2025 Final action: 3/27/2025
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 18 to Contract No. PS272680011357 with Bicycle Transit Systems, Inc. (BTS) in the amount of $8,357,384 to continue Metro Bike Share (MBS) program services increasing the total contract value from $116,292,084 to $124,649,468 and extend the period of performance by a total of 7 months from April 30, 2025 through November 30, 2025, inclusive of a base period of four months and three, one-month options; and B. EXECUTE individual contract modifications within the Board approved contract modification authority.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Bikeshare Program Operating And Maintenance (Project), Board approved Contract, Budget, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Contracts, Metro Bike Share, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Procurement, Program, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Subsidies, Vehicle sharing, Westside Cities subregion
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Board Motion Item No. 41, 2. Attachment B - Procurement Summary, 3. Attachment C - Contract Modification/Change Order Log, 4. Attachment D - DEOD Summary, 5. Presentation
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MARCH 20, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO BIKE SHARE
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No. 18 to Contract No. PS272680011357 with Bicycle Transit Systems, Inc. (BTS) in the amount of $8,357,384 to continue Metro Bike Share (MBS) program services increasing the total contract value from $116,292,084 to $124,649,468 and extend the period of performance by a total of 7 months from April 30, 2025 through November 30, 2025, inclusive of a base period of four months and three, one-month options; and

B. EXECUTE individual contract modifications within the Board approved contract modification authority.

Issue
ISSUE

The Board approved Motion Item No. 41 by Directors Krekorian, Garcetti, Kuehl and Sandoval at its December 2021 meeting (Attachment A). Directive C of the motion requires that staff ensure uninterrupted bike share service as the next iteration of the MBS program is determined and executed. The current MBS contract with BTS is set to expire on April 30, 2025, and this extension is needed to ensure uninterrupted service until the award of the new multi-year contract, which is currently an active procurement.

Background
BACKGROUND

The MBS program was launched in July 2016 in partnership with the City of Los Angeles. It continues to provide service to Los Angeles County residents with 225 stations located in the Downtown Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles, Hollywood, Westside, and North Hollywood areas. To date, over 2.6 million trips have been taken, 9.1 million miles have been traveled, and 8.6 million pounds of CO2 have been averted through the use of MBS.

The program continues to see improvements overall. More than 519,000 rides were recorded in 2024, the highest annual ridership to date. This represents a 17% increase from the previous 12 months. The number of pass holders ...

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