Metro - File #: 2023-0463

• File #: 2023-0463
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/17/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/21/2023
• Final action: 9/28/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a two-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. SD105427000 to DSM&T Company, Inc. the responsive and responsible bidder for Electrical Wiring Harness Kits. The Contract one-year base amount is $543,207.60 inclusive of sales tax, and the one-year option to extend the amount is $543,207.60, inclusive of sales tax, for a total contract amount of $1,086,415.20, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Bus Maintenance Projects, Cleaning, Contracts, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Metro Divisions, Near zero emissions, Operations and Maintenance, Operations Maintenance (Project), Procurement, Program, Rolling stock, Strategic planning, Transit buses, Transmissions

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/28/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: ENGINE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS KITS

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT FOR ENGINE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS KITS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a two-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. SD105427000 to DSM&T Company, Inc. the responsive and responsible bidder for Electrical Wiring Harness Kits. The Contract one-year base amount is $543,207.60 inclusive of sales tax, and the one-year option to extend the amount is $543,207.60, inclusive of sales tax, for a total contract amount of $1,086,415.20, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

This procurement is for the acquisition of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Engine Conversion Electrical Wiring Harness Kits that are required to maintain the safe and reliable operation of the bus fleet. The harness kits are required for the installation of newer model near-zero emission engines during the Midlife refurbishment of Metro's New Flyer Xcelsior bus fleet. The engine conversion program updates the bus fleet with lower emission and more efficient L9N engine, providing Metro's customers with safer and more reliable transportation. The three wiring harness assemblies included in the harness kits are installed on the new CNG engines and replace outdated harnesses used on the older engines that were originally installed in these buses. Awarding this contract will ensure that Bus Maintenance has adequate inventory for the Midlife Program to continue to repair and maintain buses according to Metro maintenance standards.

Background
BACKGROUND

Transit bus engines, transmissions, cooling systems, air conditioning systems, doors, and numerous other systems and components are controlled electrically by switches, sensors, and computers located throughout the buses. Electrical harnesses provide the conne...