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TO: |
Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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FROM: |
Alisha Garrett, Chief Enterprise Strategy Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Kyle Brimley, IT Director |
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Jarvie Curtis, IT Manager of Communications and Deployment |
TITLE:
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Contract: FrontRunner WiFi Support (Boldyn Networks Transit US, LLC)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Procurement Contract/Change Order
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve award and authorize the Executive Director to execute a five-year contract and associated disbursements with Boldyn Networks Transit US, LLC in the amount of $2,081,986.74.
BACKGROUND:
UTA has had an onboard WiFi solution providing communications to our passengers since 2015. The system has had support contracts from different vendors since the beginning. The system being used is one of a few in the nation that utilize trackside communications as well as cellular connectivity to fail over when the trackside network is experiencing coverage or hardware issues. Over the last three years UTA has invested heavily into the system providing data rates up to 900 mbps. This added bandwidth will allow UTA to utilize the network for data offload of real-time passenger counts, onboard camera system in the event of an emergency, vehicle diagnostics, and positive train control systems.
DISCUSSION:
As UTA continues to strive to bring the best ride to our customer base, we will need to have the support of an integrator to achieve that. The current system is being built to be a single communication point for all onboard systems that would need to have connection back to any database. The execution of the proposed contract will provide network support, design, and deployment of new onboard WiFi technologies. The contract is for five years of support services using a mixture of operations and state of good repair budgets. It will allow UTA to maintain the system and continue to give the best experience for our riders.
This RFP had two respondents that were evaluated following UTA’s procurement guidelines.
CONTRACT SUMMARY:
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Contractor Name: |
Boldyn Networks Transit US, LLC |
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Contract Number: |
23-03713 |
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Base Contract Effective Dates: |
09-01-2023 Thru 08-31-2028 |
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Extended Contract Dates: |
N/A |
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Existing Contract Value: |
N/A |
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Amendment Amount: |
N/A |
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New/Total Contract Value: |
$2,081,986.74 |
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Procurement Method: |
RFP |
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Budget Authority: |
Capital & Local |
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ALTERNATIVES:
If this contract is not approved, we would need to go out to RFP again and extend the contract with GBS.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Service Contract is funded by 5200.50353.92
Hardware and SGR is funded by 5246.50339.90
ATTACHMENTS:
5 Year Contract