Metro - File #: 2018-0069

• File #: 2018-0069
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/23/2018
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 60-month, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity Contract No. OP36847000 to Tristar Power Solutions LLC, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for Metro Red Line (MRL) Uninterruptible Power Supplies for a total not to exceed amount of $1,004,000 inclusive of sales tax and subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: B Line (Red) Segment 3, Budgeting, Contracts, Maintenance, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Red Line, Procurement, Red Line MOS-2 North, Red Line MOS-2 West, Replacement Of Ups/Batteries On Red Line Fy17-Fy22 (Project), Safety, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
• Related files: 2018-0502

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO RED LINE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER
SUPPLY (UPS)

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 60-month, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity Contract No. OP36847000 to Tristar Power Solutions LLC, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for Metro Red Line (MRL) Uninterruptible Power Supplies for a total not to exceed amount of $1,004,000 inclusive of sales tax and subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

This procurement replaces old defective, unreliable Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units on Metro Red Line (MRL) Segments 2 and 3 that have reached the end of their useful service life. The performance of these UPS's has become unreliable as these units are more than 18 years old. The Original Equipment Manufacturer has stopped providing spare parts to support maintenance of the obsolete units.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Three stations of MRL Segment 2 opened in 1996 and the other five stations were completed in 1999 while Segment 3 opened in 2000. In total, the Metro Red Line rail service has sixteen passenger stations and two (2) facilities underground. These two segments have twenty-five (25) Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) in service requiring replacement. The operation of these UPS's is for critical Fire and Life Safety functions.

The UPS equipment must be available to provide Emergency Power for lighting and Communication Systems to support evacuation of patrons and employees when normal utility power to the underground passenger stations and facilities is loss. In addition, these UPS's provide back-up to Metro's underground fire alarm system.

The Diversity and Economic Opportunity Department (DEOD) did not recommend a Small Business Enterprise (SBE)/Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) goal for this solicitation. The prime would provide ...