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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: METRO GREEN LINE (MGL) TRACK CIRCUITS AND
TRAIN-TO-WAYSIDE COMMUNICATION (TWC)
UPGRADE
Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to award Contract No. OP43306000 to Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. for the upgrade of the MGL track circuits and train-to-wayside equipment, for an amount of $18,655,966.78, effective March 2018 through February 2023; and
B. AWARDING a single source procurement, pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 130237. The MGL track circuits and TWC are proprietary and Ansaldo STS is the sole manufacturer of the components. The components are needed for integration with the existing Ansaldo Microlok II Train Control System in use on the MGL.
(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD)
Issue
ISSUE
The MGL is equipped with legacy track circuits and TWC that has been operational from initial start of MGL service in 1995. The existing equipment was delivered by Ansaldo STS USA, Inc. (formally Union Switch and Signal Inc.) under Contract No. H1100. The equipment is now obsolete and no longer supported by the Original Equipment Manufacturer. The equipment needs to be replaced as it nears the end of its useful life.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Commencing in 2012, Metro Wayside Systems has implemented a phased program of rehabilitation of the MGL train control system. The first phase of work (replacement of obsolete vital control processors) has been completed. The next phase is to replace obsolete track circuits and TWC equipment. Upon completion, the Green Line train control system will have been rehabilitated to the same equipment and configuration as the new Crenshaw/LAX Rail Line, thus providing a fully up-to-date system, and conforming across the entire Green Line and Crenshaw/LAX Line.
The scope of the work is to replace all 450 existing track circuits wh...
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