TO: Board of Trustees
FROM: Mary DeLoretto, Interim Executive Director
PRESENTER(S): Kyle Stockley, Rail Infrastructure Project Manager
TITLE:
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Change Order: 2022 Transit Bus Replacement - Ninth Order (Gillig, LLC)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Procurement Contract/Change Order
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize Executive Director to execute a change order and associated disbursements with Gillig LLC in the amount of $10,500,056.
BACKGROUND:
UTA released a request for proposal (RFP) on May 20, 2016 for Diesel or CNG transit buses, trolleys and canyon service buses, including option quantities. Gillig LLC was awarded a five-year contract on October 17, 2016. The initial order on the contact was for forty-seven diesel buses, leaving 128 options.
This is the ninth order on the contract and is for 20 diesel buses with 30 options remaining. This contract with Gillig LLC expires on October 13, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
UTA staff is requesting approval of the ninth order on a contract with Gillig LLC in the amount of $10,500,056. This order will bring the total five-year contract amount to $82,045,465. The requested low floor diesel buses will replace the following vehicles:
• Seven 2006 Gillig Transit buses reaching an age of 16 years in 2022.
• Thirteen 2010 Gillig Hybrid buses reaching an age of 12 years in 2022.
The requested replacement buses are part of UTA’s state of good repair program and are budgeted in the 2021 capital budget. If approved, buses will go into production in the 3rd quarter of 2022.
CONTRACT SUMMARY:
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Contractor Name: |
Gillig LLC |
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Contract Number: |
16-1680PP-9 |
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Base Contract Effective Dates: |
10/2016-10/2021 |
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Extended Contract Dates: |
N/A |
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Existing Contract Value: |
$71,545,409 |
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Amendment Amount: |
$10,500,056 |
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New/Total Amount Contract Value: |
$82,045,465 |
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Procurement Method: |
Exercising Contract Options (RFP best value initially) |
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Funding Sources: |
Lease/Financed |
ALTERNATIVES:
Do not order buses and delay replacement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
These bus replacements are included in UTA’s approved 5-Year Capital Plan.
ATTACHMENTS:
- 9th order NTP for 20 buses