File #: 2016-0646   
Type: Contract Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/17/2016 In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
On agenda: 11/17/2016 Final action:
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm-fixed price Contract under RFP No. OP6355500HR4000, Heavy Rail Vehicle (HRV) Acquisition, to China Railway Rolling Stock Corp (CRRC) MA Corporation in the not-to-exceed amount of $178,395,869 for a period of 62 months from Notice-to-Proceed (NTP) for the production and delivery of the 64 HRV Base Order, subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Budgeting, Capital Project, Construction, Contracts, Federal Transit Administration, Heavy Rail Vehicle Procurement (Project), Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Pilot studies, Plan, Procurement, Program, Project, Request For Proposal, Revenue Service, Rolling stock, System safety, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, United States Department Of Transportation, Westside Subway Ext (Project), Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3, Wilshire/Western Station
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Procurement Summary, 2. Attachment B - JULY 17, 2014 BOARD AUTHORIZATION FOR BEST VALUE PROCUREMENT 2016-0646, 3. Attachment C Funding Expenditure Plan, 4. Attachment D - FTA LTTR RE LOCAL PILOT HIRING PROGRAM DATED SEPT 30 2015, 5. Attachment E - DEOD Summary, 6. HR4000 Presentation
Meeting_Body
SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: HR4000 HEAVY RAIL VEHICLE (HRV) ACQUISITION,
RAIL VEHICLE CONTRACTOR

ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT FOR HEAVY RAIL VEHICLE ACQUISITION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm-fixed price Contract under RFP No. OP6355500HR4000, Heavy Rail Vehicle (HRV) Acquisition, to China Railway Rolling Stock Corp (CRRC) MA Corporation in the not-to-exceed amount of $178,395,869 for a period of 62 months from Notice-to-Proceed (NTP) for the production and delivery of the 64 HRV Base Order, subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

The Purple Line Extension (PLE), Section 1 is anticipated to commence revenue service in November 2023. If the Board approves this Contract, CRRC MA will deliver the 34 HRVs required to support PLE Section 1 by November 2020 and the balance of the 30 HRVs to replace the original A650 HRVs by July 2021.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

In July 2014, the Board authorized staff to issue a federally funded solicitation for a Best Value Request for Proposals (RFP) utilizing competitive negotiations pursuant to PCC ? 20217 for the procurement of the 64 Base Order and 218 Option HRVs.

Staff's recommendation presents the firm that is most advantageous to Metro. CRRC MA's offer represents the Highest Rated and Best Value to Metro when all technical and price factors are considered in accordance with the RFP evaluation criteria, including US content and Local Employment Plan. The Best Value evaluation is inclusive of the vehicle quantities for the Contract Base and all Contract Options. The Procurement Summary (Attachment A) further provides the detailed evaluation results and rankings for all proposers, including the weighted scores associated with each evaluation factor.

Metro is currently constructing the Purple Line Extension (PLE), Section 1, completing the procurement of a design-build c...

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