Metro - File #: 2024-0027

• File #: 2024-0027
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/12/2024
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/18/2024
• Final action: 4/25/2024
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a five-year, firm fixed unit rate Contract No. PS49398000 to The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for the lease and maintenance of tires for the Metro-operated bus fleet and servicing of non-revenue vehicle tires in an amount not to exceed $48,996,516, effective July 1, 2024, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Bus Maintenance Projects, Contracted Bus Service, Contracts, Customer service, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Non-revenue Vehicles, Operations and Maintenance, Operations Maintenance (Project), Procurement, Purchasing, Revenue Service, Rolling stock, Safety, Strategic planning, Transit buses, Vehicle fleets

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/25/2024	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: BUS TIRE LEASING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a five-year, firm fixed unit rate Contract No. PS49398000 to The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for the lease and maintenance of tires for the Metro-operated bus fleet and servicing of non-revenue vehicle tires in an amount not to exceed $48,996,516, effective July 1, 2024, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

The contract award will provide Metro bus divisions with uninterrupted bus tire and maintenance services for the transit bus fleet through June 30, 2029. This service contract aims to continue providing Metro with tire maintenance to ensure reliable service on its revenue bus fleet. In addition, the contract will continue to provide qualified and trained service personnel to perform tire inspections and maintain the Metro bus fleet in safe operating condition.
Background
BACKGROUND

Metro's directly operated revenue bus fleet consists of nearly 1,900 buses utilizing approximately 12,480 leased tires, traveling over 67 million miles annually. These tires require maintenance and service daily. Lease costs are based on actual bus tire mileage utilization, plus a fixed monthly service rate and a per tire sales/use tax. This service contract includes waste remediation of all spent tire castings and a comprehensive tire maintenance program. The tire maintenance program includes tire rotation, mounting, regrooving, recapping, balancing, inflating, and wheel refurbishing.

This Contract will cover leased tires for the revenue fleet as well as tire maintenance services for both the revenue and non-revenue fleets. Non-revenue tires are purchased under a separate contract but are mounted and balanced under the bus tire leasing and maintenance service cont...