Metro - File #: 2025-0033

• File #: 2025-0033
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/15/2025
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/17/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 3 to increase the total authorized funding for Contract No. PS81062000, to Williams Sale Partnership (WSP) USA, Inc. for as-needed professional consultant support services that will be utilized for Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) and charger engineering/acquisition, program management, as well as technical support services, in the Not-to-Exceed (NTE) amount of $8,897,431.55, increasing the Contract total NTE amount from $10,930,917.43 to $19,828,348.98.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Artificial intelligence, Budgeting, Bus 40'Ze W/ Byd (Project), Bus Acquisitions, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Contract administration, Contracts, Division 08, Federal Transit Administration, Fuel cells, Funding plan, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Divisions, Outreach, Procurement, Professional Services, Program Management, Purchasing, Request For Proposal, Rolling stock, Safety, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 17, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: BUS ENGINEERING/ACQUISITION, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 3 to increase the total authorized funding for Contract No. PS81062000, to Williams Sale Partnership (WSP) USA, Inc. for as-needed professional consultant support services that will be utilized for Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) and charger engineering/acquisition, program management, as well as technical support services, in the Not-to-Exceed (NTE) amount of $8,897,431.55, increasing the Contract total NTE amount from $10,930,917.43 to $19,828,348.98.

Issue
ISSUE

In April 2022, the Board approved a six-year, cost-reimbursable, fixed-fee contract award to WSP USA, Inc. for professional consultant support services to supplement internal resources by having a wide range of subject matter experts who specialize in ZEB technology, engineering, and implementation. In the last three years, challenges and intricacies have been associated with transitioning a fleet of nearly 2,200 buses that have required an increased level of effort from the consultants supporting the ZEB program, resulting in a higher burn rate of contract funds.

The funds previously authorized by the Board will be exhausted by June 2025, as the scale and breadth of the work exceeded original expectations. Therefore, the recommended increase will allow staff to complete the scheduled work required to assist Metro with the procurement and delivery of ZEBs, chargers, & charging infrastructure anticipated for the remainder of 2025 through May 2028.

Background
BACKGROUND

In 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation that required all transit agencies in the state to transition to all Zero Emission fleets by 2...