REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 19, 2019
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: BRIAN BARR, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
NOEL VILLAVERDE, IT Supervisor
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
Title
Actions related to award of a service contract with Trapeze Software Group, Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the amount of $651,433:
1. Affirm the City Manager's determination that Trapeze Software Group, Inc., is uniquely qualified to perform maintenance services for the Department of Transportation's computer-aided dispatch automatic vehicle locator (CAD/AVL) system.
2. Affirm the City Manager's determination that Trapeze Software Group, Inc. is uniquely capable as defined by the Federal Transit Administration for sole source non-competitive procurements, to perform maintenance services for the Department of Transportation's computer-aided dispatch automatic vehicle locator (CAD/AVL) system.
3. Award a three-year maintenance service agreement Trapeze Software Group, Inc., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the amount of $651,43, with two one-year options.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council affirm the City Manager's determination that Trapeze Software Group, Inc. (Trapeze), is uniquely qualified and uniquely capable to perform the services for the Department of Transportation/FAX CAD/AVL system, and award a service agreement with Trapeze in the amount of $651,433 for a three-year maintenance service agreement, with two one-year options to extend, to support FAX fleet operations software and equipment.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FAX seeks to maintain the integrity of its bus fleet computer-aided dispatch automatic vehicle locator (CAD/AVL) system, which provides the fixed route and paratransit communications integral to its daily operations since 1997. The technology enhances FAX incident, emergency, information management, traveler information, real-time information, and driver assistance systems t...
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