Metro - File #: 2016-0499

• File #: 2016-0499
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/6/2016
• In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• On agenda: 4/20/2017
• Title: CONSIDER: A. ADOPTING a Life of Project (LOP) Budget for $1,407,900 for the Rail Vehicle Mist System Demonstration Project; and B. APPROVING the award and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract No. OP3614100 to Knorr Brake Company, LLC for one (1) prototype Red Line Heavy Rail Vehicle on-board mist fire suppression system for a two-year period of performance for design, installation and evaluation of the systems for a fixed price amount of $908,481 subject to resolution of protest, if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Contracts, Evaluation and assessment, Fire detection systems, Fixed Guideway, Fuels, Metro Purple Line, On Board Fire Suppression Hrv-Pilot (Project), Procurement, Project, Protection, Rail transit, Rolling stock, Safety, Safety and security, System safety, Testing, Transit System, Vehicle fires, Ventilation systems

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2017	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
4/19/2017	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
APRIL 19, 2017
SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2017

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: RED LINE VEHICLE EVALUATION OF ON-BOARD MIST FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM PROTOTYPE

ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. ADOPTING a Life of Project (LOP) Budget for $1,407,900 for the Rail Vehicle Mist System Demonstration Project; and

B. APPROVING the award and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract No. OP3614100 to Knorr Brake Company, LLC for one (1) prototype Red Line Heavy Rail Vehicle on-board mist fire suppression system for a two-year period of performance for design, installation and evaluation of the systems for a fixed price amount of $908,481 subject to resolution of protest, if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro places a high priority on the safety of our customers, the public and our employees. To that extent, there has been a constant focus on taking proactive measures to maintain our infrastructure and seek out innovative approaches to prevent casualties on our rail system. Underground tunnel fires are extremely dangerous to human health and safety because smoke accumulates very quickly in such a confined space. The severity of an underground fire is demonstrated by the Daegu subway fire in which an arsonist set fire to a train stopped at a station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea. The fire occurred on February 18, 2003, and killed 192 people, while injuring another 151 people. Hence, there is a need to improve fire suppression technology industry-wide to mitigate against such consequences.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Metro is currently fully compliant with all fire safety design standards for subways. Although the interiors of modern rail vehicles utilize fire-retardant materials required by the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems 130 (NFPA), it is still ...