REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 12, 2016
FROM: BRIAN R. MARSHALL, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: KATHLEEN HEALY, Administrative Manager
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the purchase and installation of 55 Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) along the Blackstone/Kings Canyon Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor (Council District 3)
1. RESOLUTION - Affirming the City Manager's approval of bypassing formal bid procedures to purchase Genfare Ticket Vending Machines from SPX Corporation (owner of Genfare) under the sole source exception
2. Award a contract to SPX Corporation and Genfare SPX for the purchase and installation of 55 TVMs along the Blackstone/Kings Canyon BRT corridor, two years of warranty and maintenance, and an option for an additional three years of maintenance, in the amount of $4,261,144
3. ***RESOLUTION - 39th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2016-118 appropriating $4,359,700 in grant funds from the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) and local match for the purchase of TVMs along the Blackstone/Kings Canyon corridors (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve the appropriation of TIRCP grant funds and award a sole source agreement to SPX Corporation in the amount of $4,261,144 for the purchase of Genfare ticket vending machines (TVMs) and related equipment and software to be placed at BRT stations along the Blackstone and Ventura/Kings Canyon corridors, two years of warranty and maintenance, and an option for an additional three years of maintenance.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 28, 2016, Council awarded a $32 million contract to Tiechert & Son, Inc., for construction of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations and associated improvements along Blackstone Avenue and Ventura/Kings Canyon Road. The award included the understanding that staff and the City Attorney's Office would complete a deductive change order r...
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