File #: 2023-0616   
Type: Contract Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/20/2023 In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
On agenda: 1/18/2024 Final action:
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD a firm fixed price Contract No. PS102304000 to Lyft Bikes and Scooters, LLC for the Metro Bike Share (MBS) program for a base term of five years and five months in the amount of $62,933,262, and two separate, three-year options, for the mobilization, operation, maintenance, and expansion of the MBS program, in the amounts of $33,146,835 and $36,478,001, respectively, for a total contract amount of $132,558,098 effective February 1, 2024, to initiate the transition of the program, 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.
Indexes: Advertising, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Bicycling, Board approved a Motion, Board approved Contract, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Contractors, Contracts, Disadvantaged business enterprises, Fare Structure, Global Positioning System, Grant Aid, Kiosks, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Metro Bike Share, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Micromobility Vehicles, Motion / Motion Response, Operations and Maintenance, Outreach, Partnerships, Pasadena, Paul Krekorian, Payment, Port of Los Angeles, Procurement, Program, Public service, Purchasing, Ridership, Rolling stock, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, Shared mobility, Small Business Enterprise, South Bay Cities subregion, Southern California Association Of Governments, Station operations, Strategic planning, Subcontractors, Theft, Transfers, Vandalism, Vehicle miles of travel, Vehicle sharing, Westside Cities subregion
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Motion 41, 2. Attachment B - Procurement Summary, 3. Attachment C - DEOD Summary, 4. Attachment D - Transition Mobilization Equipment Upgrade & MBS Ops Info, 5. Attachment E - Contractor Union and SBE/DBE Participation Summary
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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO BIKE SHARE CONTRACT AWARD

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. AWARD a firm fixed price Contract No. PS102304000 to Lyft Bikes and Scooters, LLC for the Metro Bike Share (MBS) program for a base term of five years and five months in the amount of $62,933,262, and two separate, three-year options, for the mobilization, operation, maintenance, and expansion of the MBS program, in the amounts of $33,146,835 and $36,478,001, respectively, for a total contract amount of $132,558,098 effective February 1, 2024, to initiate the transition of the program, 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

The current MBS contract will expire on June 30, 2024. To provide continued and seamless service to the public, a new contract incorporating the Board approved model, from the December 2021 Board Motion No. 41, authored by Directors Krekorian, Garcetti, Kuehl, and Sandoval (Attachment A), is needed to continue operations.

Background
BACKGROUND

As a program, MBS was authorized in 2015, with the initial bikes deployed in 2016. The current contract with Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) represented the first deployment of a regional Los Angeles County bike share program as well as Metro's first direct engagement with bike share. While the initial program grew to include the City of Los Angeles, the City of Pasadena, and the Port of Los Angeles as partners, both the City of Pasadena and the Port of Los Angeles elected to leave the program, citing cost considerations. Through this period, the City of Los Angeles has been a steadfast partner.

As with most first-time programs, there have been several challenges which MBS has faced and...

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