Metro - File #: 2023-0485

• File #: 2023-0485
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/25/2023
• 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: A. AWARD a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP964830008370, for Regions 1, 2, and 3 combined, to Graffiti Shield, Inc., to provide stainless steel anti-graffiti film installation and replacement services systemwide in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $15,722,845 for the three-year base, $5,737,859 for option year one, and $5,963,032 for option year two, for a combined NTE amount of $27,423,736, effective December 1, 2023, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s); and B. EXECUTE individual contract modifications within the Board-approved contract modification authority.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Bids, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), Contract administration, Contracts, Graffiti, Maintenance, Maintenance facilities, Measure R, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Procurement, Small Business Enterprise, Small Business Prime Program, Transit System, Vandalism

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: STAINLESS STEEL ANTI-GRAFFITI FILM INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT SERVICES FOR REGIONS 1 THROUGH 3

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. AWARD a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP964830008370, for Regions 1, 2, and 3 combined, to Graffiti Shield, Inc., to provide stainless steel anti-graffiti film installation and replacement services systemwide in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $15,722,845 for the three-year base, $5,737,859 for option year one, and $5,963,032 for option year two, for a combined NTE amount of $27,423,736, effective December 1, 2023, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s); and

B. EXECUTE individual contract modifications within the Board-approved contract modification authority.

Issue
ISSUE

Providing monthly and as-needed stainless-steel anti-graffiti film maintenance and replacement services systemwide contributes to improving bus and rail stations' cleanliness and providing a safe environment for Metro's patrons. The existing stainless-steel anti-graffiti film installation and replacement services contract's three-year base term expires on November 30, 2023.

Background
BACKGROUND

On December 6, 2018, Metro Board of Directors awarded a non-competitive three-year base with two (2), one-year options contract No. OP1141410003367 to Graffiti Shield, Inc., as the sole provider of the patent-pending stainless-steel anti-graffiti film product, to provide systemwide stainless-steel anti-graffiti film installation and replacement services.

In November 2022, Graffiti Shield, Inc., informed Metro that the product's patent-pending application was denied, and the stainless-steel anti-graffiti film was available for purchase. To expand competition, staff elected not to exercise the option terms for the existing non-competitive con...