REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, M.A., Assistant City Manager and Interim Director
Department of Transportation
BY: LINDA TAYLOR, Administrative Manager
Department of Transportation
SARAH LAMBETH, Management Analyst II
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
Title
Reject all proposals for Product Requirements Contract 12301979 for the procurement of fare media to be used by the Department of Transportation/Fresno Area Express (FAX).
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council reject all bid proposals for Product Requirements Contract 12301979 as a bid deposit was not established in accordance with FMC1208. Staff further recommends Council direct staff to complete a submission for a rebid that includes the required bid deposit language.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On March 28, 2023, staff solicited competitive bids for the procurement of physical fare media for FAX bus patrons. Contract language requiring a bid deposit in accordance with FMC1208 was inadvertently omitted from the solicitation. Therefore, the Department of Transportation is requesting approval to reject all bid proposals for Product Requirements Contract 12301979. The Department of Transportation intends to resubmit the product requirements contract which will include language requiring a bid deposit in accordance with FMC1208.
BACKGROUND
Fresno Area Express (FAX) directly operates more than 120 fixed route buses throughout the City of Fresno's 18 route transit system. Last fiscal year, FAX provided over 6.9 million rides transporting passengers nearly 20 million miles. FAX expects these numbers to grow substantially in the coming years as ridership returns to pre-pandemic levels. A rise in ridership will increase FAX's need for physical fare media.
Ride tickets and passes such as those advertised in the above referenced solicitation are used by a wide variety of passengers. Organizations such as the Department of Child and Family Services, the Department of Corrections...
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