Metro - File #: 2026-0577

• File #: 2026-0577
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/27/2026
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 9/24/2026
• Final action: 9/24/2026
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: AWARD Contract No. OP118576(2)000 with ElDorado National (California), Inc. (ENC), for the manufacturing and delivery of 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) in the amount of $337,698,727.58 for the base contract, including taxes and delivery; exclusive of any contract option buses, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; INCREASE the Life-Of-Project (LOP) for Capital Project 201078 from $52,000,000, established to purchase up to 40 BEBs under the Washington State contract, by $382,355,185 to purchase up to 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) and provide funding for professional and technical support, internal labor, and contingencies, for a total LOP of $434,355,185; and NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE future contract modifications to the contract up to $1,000,000. BASS AMENDMENT: Direct the CEO to: AWARD the base contract of 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) to El Dorado Nation Inc.; REQUIRE that the exercise of any c...
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: 2028 Mobility Concept Plan, Budget, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Capital Project, Carson, Cleaning, Contracts, Electrification, Gardena, Metro Divisions, Motion / Motion Response, Pedestrians, Procurement, Purchasing, Request For Proposal, Rolling stock, Safety, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Transit buses, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/24/2026	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REVISED
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 24, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: BUS ACQUISITION OF 220 FORTY-FOOT BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

AWARD Contract No. OP118576(2)000 with ElDorado National (California), Inc. (ENC), for the manufacturing and delivery of 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) in the amount of $337,698,727.58 for the base contract, including taxes and delivery; exclusive of any contract option buses, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any;

INCREASE the Life-Of-Project (LOP) for Capital Project 201078 from $52,000,000, established to purchase up to 40 BEBs under the Washington State contract, by $382,355,185 to purchase up to 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) and provide funding for professional and technical support, internal labor, and contingencies, for a total LOP of $434,355,185; and

NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE future contract modifications to the contract up to $1,000,000.

BASS AMENDMENT: Direct the CEO to:

AWARD the base contract of 220 Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) to El Dorado Nation Inc.;

REQUIRE that the exercise of any contract option(s) for the purchase of Battery Electric Buses beyond the 220-bus base order (“Option Vehicles”) be subject to Board approval;

DIRECT that the exercise of an option to purchase the remaining 1,600 Option Vehicles be structured for purposes of Board authorization in increments not to exceed 300 BEBs. The Board reserves the right to not exercise any option and to rebid the first option and any subsequent options presented;

Any request to the Board to approve the purchase of Option Vehicles shall include an evaluation regarding contractor’s performance with respect to the following;

Adherence to established vehicle delivery timelines aligned with;

i. Fleet replacement requirements;
ii. Depot electrification;
iii. Infrastructure readin...