Metro - File #: 2026-0577

• File #: 2026-0577
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/27/2026
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 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.
• 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

Meeting_Body

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.

Issue
ISSUE

New zero-emission buses are required to help Metro transition to a ZEB fleet and replace Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses that have reached the end of their useful life. To support this goal, the contract award will authorize the purchase of 220 BEBs and increase the LOP budget to fund the acquisition of the BEBs.

Background
BACKGROUND

At its July 2017 meeting, the Board approved Motion 50, issued by Directors Bonin, Garcetti, Najarian, Hahn, and Solis (Attachment A), which endorsed a ZEB Strategic Plan to transition Metro’s entire bus fleet to zero-emission by 2030. This was contingent on cost and performance being equivalent to CNG buses and on continued advancements in charging infrastructure.

In 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)’s Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation mandated that all transit agencies in the state operate zero-emission fleets by 2040. In addition, ICT ZEB purchase requirem...