Metro - File #: 2025-0617

• File #: 2025-0617
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/22/2025
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a one-year firm fixed price contract, Contract No. OP126710000, to Merak North America for the purchase of 18 P3010 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV), Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) Assemblies in the amount of $1,408,500, effective date September 29, 2025, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Contracts, Equipment maintenance, Heating, cooling and ventilation equipment, Light rail vehicles, Maintenance equipment, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Procurement, Program, Project, Purchasing, Revenue Service, Rolling stock, Safety, Strategic planning

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2025


Subject
SUBJECT: HVAC ASSEMBLIES FOR P3010 LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a one-year firm fixed price contract, Contract No. OP126710000, to Merak North America for the purchase of 18 P3010 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV), Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) Assemblies in the amount of $1,408,500, effective date September 29, 2025, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

This procurement is for the acquisition of 18 HVAC units for float spares in support of revenue service and the upcoming component overhaul program consisting of 10 HVAC units overhauled monthly over a five-year period.

Execution of the component overhaul project includes an HVAC exchange program by staff removing the presently installed HVACs and replacing them with overhauled HVAC equipment to meet the production schedule, consisting of 10 overhauls per month over five years. The HVAC equipment provides a comfortable (heat or cool) air supply to Metro's passengers. In-service failure of the HVAC equipment is considered an operational safety hazard to both passengers and train operators, resulting in the vehicle being removed from service until repaired.

Background
BACKGROUND

The P3010 LRV fleet consists of 235 rail cars manufactured by Kinkisharyo International, LLC. The fleet was placed in revenue service between 2016-2023, operating on all of Metro's light rail lines A, C, E, K, and L lines. The fleet is Metro's newest and most reliable light rail LRV fleet with consistent performance, reliability, and safety, amassing over 102,815,659 fleet miles.

The HVAC equipment is mounted onto the LRV rooftop and is rarely turned off, providing either cooling or heating for the LRV operator and passenger compartments. The design life of the HVAC equipm...