Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
APRIL 25, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: P2550 LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE STATIC INVERTER APS/LVPS OVERHAUL
Action
ACTION: CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 60-month, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract no. MA51966000 to AmePower, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, for the overhaul of P2550 Light Rail Vehicle Static Inverter Auxiliary Power Supply/Low Voltage Power Supply (APS/LVPS) Overhaul. This award is a not-to-exceed amount of $2,714,220 subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE
In June 2017, the Board of Directors approved the implementation of a P2550 Component Overhaul Program. This procurement is for the professional services to complete the overhaul of the Static Inverter APS/LVPS equipment for the P2550 fleet as recommended by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) established guidelines. Execution of the overhaul will ensure that the fifty (50) rail car fleet remains in a constant State of Good Repair (SGR) while safeguarding passenger safety, vehicle performance and equipment longevity.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The Ansaldo Breda P2550 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) fleet is in its 11th year of revenue operations. In order to ensure continued safety and reliability the Static Inverter requires overhaul at the eighth year or the six-hundred thousand (600,000) mileage interval as defined by the OEM. The Static Inverter equipment consists of low and high power electronics that drive the inverter modules, transduce voltages, and convert direct current voltages to power the various vehicle systems. The static inverter equipment consists of capacitors, resistors, relays, and circuit boards that degrade and drift over time. This is an integral component of the vehicle systems that provides regulated power to the vehicle inverter systems therefore it is critical to maintain the Static Inverter equipment in a constant state...
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