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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
AUGUST 18, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS FUEL CYLINDERS
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AWARD Contracts to the following two lowest responsive and responsible bidders for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Cylinder Tanks for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity, for a total amount not to exceed $4,351,161 inclusive of sales tax:
A. Contract No. MA24755-1 with Worthington Industries for line item 1 for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $2,903,368; and
B. Contract No. MA24755-2 with Hexagon Lincoln for line item 2 for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $1,447,793.
Issue
ISSUE
In order to keep Metro's bus fleet size at its current level, and fit within the projected bus replacement schedule, staff identified a need to retrofit up to 346 buses with new CNG fuel cylinders. In January 2016, the Board approved the purchase of CNG cylinders to retrofit 150 buses. An additional 196 buses must be kept in revenue-service beyond the 15 year-life of the CNG fuel cylinders installed on the buses at time of manufacture to reach the projected retrofit need. The Contracts will provide up to 882 CNG cylinders from Worthington Industries to be installed on up to 126 buses from the 76-7949 NABI series (7 cylinders per bus) and up to 462 CNG cylinders from Hexagon Lincoln to be installed on up to 77 buses from the 53-5522 New Flyer series (six cylinders per bus). The configuration of the cylinder is different for each of the two bus series.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
In 1998, Metro initiated an Accelerated Bus Replacement program for the bus fleet. Between 1999 and 2002, over 1,200 40' CNG buses were purchased. All of these buses have "15-year" CNG fuel cylinders that cannot be used after they reach their 15 year expiration limits. CNG fuel cylinders are tested and date stamped for a given lifespan. Federal regulations do not permit the ...
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