Meeting Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 18, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: CONTRACT MODIFICATION WITH BYD FOR DEPOT AND OPPORTUNITY CHARGER INSTALLATION
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Contract Modification No. 17 to BYD Coach & Bus, LLC, to perform the procurement and installation of four (4) 360kW depot chargers at Division 9 (D9) and the installation of four (4) 450kW Opportunity chargers at the El Monte Transit Center (EMTC) at a firm fixed price of $6,470,605, including tax and delivery.
Issue
ISSUE
Delivery of ninety-five (95) BYD Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) is anticipated to begin in February 2024, and forty-three (43) of those BEBs will be used to support the J Line. The installation of the charging infrastructure identified in this contract modification is necessary to support the BEB operations on the J Line and other services originating from D9.
Background
BACKGROUND
At its July 2017 meeting, the Board approved Motion #50 by Directors Bonin, Garcetti, Najarian, Hahn, and Solis, and as further amended by Directors Solis, Kuehl, Barger, and Fasana, to endorse Metro's Strategic Plan to complete the transition to zero emission electric buses by 2030, including converting the J Line to full Zero Emissions (ZE) operation as soon as feasible following the conversion of the G Line. Full BEB service on the G Line was completed in October 2021.
Planning and design efforts to electrify the J Line follow a similar model employed on the G Line, a combination of division charging and en route chargers. The J Line operates out of D9 and D18 (Carson). It also serves EMTC and HGTC. The delivery of ninety-five (95) BYD BEBs is scheduled to begin in February 2024, approximately two (2) years ahead of the fulfillment of complete charging infrastructure at D9 and D18.
This recommended contract modification for the installation of f...
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