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File #: 2025-0275   
Type: Contract Status: Passed
File created: 4/8/2025 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 6/18/2025 Final action: 6/26/2025
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. AWARD a four-year Contract No. PS122845000 to Clever Devices Ltd. to upgrade the ATMS II Computer Aided Dispatch / Automated Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) System in the amount of $129,760,941, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; and B. EXECUTE individual contract modifications within the Board-approved contract modification authority.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Advanced Transportation Management System, Automated Passenger Counting, Automatic vehicle location, Budget, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Bus Operations Control Center, Capital Project, Computers, Contracts, Fleet management, Maintenance, Procurement, Program, Queuing, Radio, Rolling stock, Safety, Strategic planning, Transit Radio System, Video
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Procurement Summary, 2. Attachment B - DEOD Summary, 3. Presentation
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 18, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ATMS) II

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
TITLE
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. AWARD a four-year Contract No. PS122845000 to Clever Devices Ltd. to upgrade the ATMS II Computer Aided Dispatch / Automated Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) System in the amount of $129,760,941, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; and

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

Issue
ISSUE

Metro's current ATMS bus fleet management system is over 25 years old and has reached its useful life. The system does not have the capability to meet the technology, security and/or functional needs required to meet Metro's Nextgen operational demands. The ATMS II upgrade will provide the necessary enhancements to better position Metro to support the 2028 Games and the future technology needs for Metro's fleet operation.

Background
BACKGROUND

The ATMS II Program is the evolution of Metro's Computer Aided Dispatch and Automated Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) bus fleet system that was initially awarded in 2001. The actual ATMS bus fleet system became operational in 2004, with incremental enhancements made to support operational integration milestones. Since the original implementation, a series of impactful changes occurred that affected the capabilities of the ATMS system, including:

* Increasing competitive and impacted communications frequency environment in the greater Los Angeles County area
* The demand for video surveillance with live stream capabilities has become a critical part of real-time fleet management and provides clarity of responsibility as a key supplement to every incident evidence package
* The evolution of the zero-emission bus fleet, which Metro is transitioning to over the coming...

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