Metro - File #: 2022-0474

• File #: 2022-0474
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/12/2022
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/15/2022
• Final action: 9/22/2022
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm-fixed-price contract, Contract No. OP 86946-2000, to B&C Transit to replace the existing Metro B (Red) Line Program Station Stop (PSS) system in the amount not-to-exceed $1,281,500, inclusive of sales tax; and B. FINDING that there is only a single source of procurement for the item(s) set forth in Recommendation A above and that the purchase is for the sole purpose of duplicating or replacing supply, equipment, or material already in use. (REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD)
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Budgeting, Civic Center/Grand Park Station, Contracts, Equipment Acquisitions, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Pershing Square Station, Procurement, Program, Project, Purchasing, Request For Proposal, Safety, Station 0602, Station 0608, Strategic planning, System safety, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Wilshire/Vermont Station

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/22/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO B (RED) LINE PROGRAM STATION STOP SYSTEM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm-fixed-price contract, Contract No. OP 86946-2000, to B&C Transit to replace the existing Metro B (Red) Line Program Station Stop (PSS) system in the amount not-to-exceed $1,281,500, inclusive of sales tax; and

B. FINDING that there is only a single source of procurement for the item(s) set forth in Recommendation A above and that the purchase is for the sole purpose of duplicating or replacing supply, equipment, or material already in use.

(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD)

Issue
ISSUE

The existing Metro B (Red) Line Program Station Stop system has been in revenue service since 1992. The technology and equipment are obsolete, and replacement spare parts are no longer available. The existing system must be replaced with a compatible system with the existing trains and future Metro D (Purple) Line trains, be capable of providing the existing required functionality and be expandable for the Metro D Line Extension project segments 2 and 3.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro PLE Segment 1, currently under construction, has installed a PSS system at the station as part of the train control system that is compatible with the existing system. Given that the existing system on the Metro B (Red) Line is obsolete, Metro wants to replace this PSS system with the same one installed on the Metro D (Purple) Line.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Program Station Stop (PSS) is a means to automatically trigger a stopping profile program to stop the train at a predetermined location on the platform for two, four, or six-car trains and automatically enable the proper vehicle doors to be opened when a train is stopped within the bounds of the platform area. Since components are no...