Metro - File #: 2020-0103

• File #: 2020-0103
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/28/2020
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 5/21/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 60-month, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. MA6264000, to Wabtec Passenger Transit Corporation, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for P2000 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) Coupler Assembly overhaul services. This award is a not-to-exceed amount of $2,895,984 subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Budgeting, Contracts, Guidelines, Light rail vehicles, Maintenance, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail C Line, Procurement, Rail Fleet Services, Rail Operations - Blue Line (Project), Rail Operations - Green Line (Project), Rolling stock, Safety, Safety equipment, Safety vehicles, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning, Vehicle fleets, Vehicle safety

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MAY 21, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: P2000 COUPLER ASSEMBLY OVERHAUL

Action
ACTION: CONTRACT AWARD

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 60-month, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. MA6264000, to Wabtec Passenger Transit Corporation, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for P2000 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) Coupler Assembly overhaul services. This award is a not-to-exceed amount of $2,895,984 subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

This procurement is for the acquisition of Coupler Assembly overhaul services as described by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) established maintenance guidelines. This overhaul encompasses overhaul of fifty-two (52) LRVs or (104) individual coupler assemblies.
Completion of this overhaul ensures the P2000 fleet remains in a constant State of Good Repair (SGR) while safeguarding passenger safety, vehicle performance and equipment longevity.
Discussion
DISCUSSION

The P2000 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) fleet is in its eighteenth (18) year of revenue operation with highest mileage car at 1.8 million miles cumulative fleet mileage of 45 million miles. To ensure continued passenger safety and equipment reliability the Coupler Assembly overhaul is recommended by the OEM at a time base interval of 5 years. The Coupler Assembly consists of mechanical and electrical components including mechanical coupler assembly, buffer, electrical cables, coupler head assembly for trainline functions. Wear and tear of these component is predictable therefore necessitating periodic overhauls accomplished by vendor with specialized equipment and mechanical expertise.
The P2000 Coupler Overhaul is in its 2nd overhaul cycle and is (1 of 5) systems currently under a component overhaul program. Other systems include Power Axle Assembly, Friction Brake & Air Compressor, Auxiliary Inverter (completed), and GT...