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TO: |
Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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FROM: |
Nichol Bourdeaux, Chief Planning and Engagement Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Alex Beim, Manager Long-range and Strategic Planning |
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Russ Fox, Planning Director |
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Jim Wadley, Senior Planning Researcher |
TITLE:
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Contract: 2023-2024 On-board Survey (Resource Systems Group, Inc.)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Procurement Contract/Change Order
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Executive Director to execute the contract and associated disbursements with Resource Systems Group, Inc. in the amount of $586,677 for an on-board survey of UTA riders.
BACKGROUND:
On 22 March 2023 staff discussed pre-procurement steps with the board, after which staff conducted an RFP to procure a customer survey of riders as required by the Federal Transit Administration to carry out U. S. Department of Transportation Title VI regulations and to understand rider origins and destinations for calibration of the regional travel demand model.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed contract is for a survey of riders on bus, rail, and on-demand services and includes development of questions, survey methods and sampling plan. Provide results of demographic and fare data per federal requirements. Provide origin-destination data surveyed as well as expansion factors for travel pattern estimation.
Survey is to be conducted beginning in the fall of 2023 and concluded by May 2024.
It will target respondents from across the system traveling on bus and rail routes and on-demand services at all times of the day, identify peak period vs. off-peak period respondents and weekend travelers.
The survey must produce a statistically valid sample of all UTA bus and rail routes and on-demand service, identifying minorities and low-income riders and fare payment types.
CONTRACT SUMMARY:
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Contractor Name: |
Resource Systems Group, Inc. |
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Contract Number: |
23-03698 |
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Base Contract Effective Dates: |
1 August 2023 - 30 September 2024 |
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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: |
$586,677 |
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Procurement Method: |
RFP best value |
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Budget Authority: |
Planning 2023 Operating Budget |
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ALTERNATIVES:
Survey is required under Title VI requirements. Failure to conduct survey could put UTA out of compliance with federal regulations and result in loss of federal funds.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The funds are in the 2023 and 2024 Planning Operating Budgets
ATTACHMENTS:
UTA Contract #23-03698