Metro - File #: 2019-0065

• File #: 2019-0065
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/5/2019
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 3/21/2019
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a two-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract No. MA58692 to LA Mobile Computing for purchase of wireless mobile routers. The Contract has a first-year amount of $1,314,197, inclusive of sales tax, and a second-year amount of $929,754, inclusive of sales tax, for a total contract value of $2,243,950.65, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Indexes: Budgeting, Contractors, Contracts, Customer service, Equipment Acquisitions, Location 30, Maintenance, Procurement, Purchasing, Rolling stock, Safety, Safety and security, Security, Small Business Enterprise, Strategic planning, To Add Additional Data Communications Equipment To The Bus Fleet To Enable A Real Time Network Connection Between The Bus And Our Metro Network For Monitoring Of Onboards Sysems Such As Security Cameras, Fareboxes, Gps And Vechicle (Project), Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971
• Related files: 2019-0200

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MARCH 21, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: WIRELESS ROUTERS

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a two-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract No. MA58692 to LA Mobile Computing for purchase of wireless mobile routers. The Contract has a first-year amount of $1,314,197, inclusive of sales tax, and a second-year amount of $929,754, inclusive of sales tax, for a total contract value of $2,243,950.65, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

This contract is for the acquisition of wireless mobile routers which are a foundational element needed to enhance the customer service experience on the bus fleet. The installation of wireless routers on Metro's fleet has already begun with 1398 of 2348 vehicles completed as of February 2019. The contracted service bus fleet has been fully installed. Additionally, all new bus fleet vehicles include the required specifications to arrive pre-installed with the wireless router kits. The recommended contract award will provide the capability to purchase the wireless routers through Metro's inventory process. This process allows Metro to install the wireless routers on the existing fleet by internal staff that can pull the hardware from inventory and replace/reorder as needed instead of all at once under the contract terms as the installations are completed. The fixed unit price reduces price variation and allows for a faster hardware delivery rate, expediting router installations with the goal of completing the bus fleet installations in early 2020 (about 45 weeks at a rate of 16/week, plus or minus). The award of this contract will allow Metro to develop new fleet functionality with the intention of improving customer service and ridership quality.

Background
BACKGROUND

In March 2017, the Metro Board approved the Connected Bus capital project (CP 2...