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File #: 20-03382-24-002   
Type: Procurement Contract/Change Order Status: Passed
In control: Board of Trustees
On agenda: 12/20/2023 Final action: 12/20/2023
Title: Change Order: On-Call Systems Maintenance Contract Task Order #24-002 - 2024 TDX and Network Maintenance (Rocky Mountain Systems Services)
Attachments: 1. Change Order: On-Call Systems Maintenance Contract Task Order #24-002 - 2024 TDX and Network Maintenance (Rocky Mountain Systems Services)

TO:                

Board of Trustees

THROUGH:  

Jay Fox, Executive Director

FROM:          

Dave Hancock, Chief Service Development Officer

PRESENTER(S):

Dean Hansen, Manager Systems Engineering

 

 

 

TITLE:                                                                                                                                                                         

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Change Order: On-Call Systems Maintenance Contract Task Order #24-002 - 2024 TDX and Network Maintenance (Rocky Mountain Systems Services)

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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:                                                                                                                        

Procurement Contract/Change Order

RECOMMENDATION:                                                                                                                       

Approve task order #24-002 (2024 TDX and Network Maintenance) to on-call systems maintenance contract with Rocky Mountain System Services (RMSS) and authorize the Executive Director to execute task order and associated disbursements in the not to exceed amount of $600,000.                     

BACKGROUND:                                                                                                                                 

In March of 2021, UTA executed contract 20-03382VW with Rocky Mountain Systems Services (RMSS) for on-call systems maintenance. The term of this contract is for three years with two one-year term options. RMSS was selected based on best value procurement methodology. The UTA Board of Trustees approved the contract on February 24, 2021, and it was fully executed on March 2, 2021. On November 18, 2022, UTA executed change order #23-001 to exercise the two, one-year term options, ending on December 31, 2025. The original contract value was estimated at $15,000,000. On April 12, 2023, the UTA Board of Trustees approved an increase of the estimated contract value to $30,000,000.

 

Typical task orders under this contract include:

                     Support for rail and maintenance of way systems

                     Upgrades, repairs, analysis, and training of train control systems

                     Monitoring and analysis of stray current

                     Repair, maintenance, and training of overhead contact systems and traction power substations

                     Inspection, connection, repair, of traffic signals

DISCUSSION:                                                                                                                                      

UTA is requesting approval of task order #24-002 with RMSS. The scope of this task includes engineering, testing, training, and troubleshooting for TRAX and Frontrunner dispatch software and the train control network through October 31, 2024.

*Special note, this task order will expire on October 31, 2024, before which point, a new on-call contract will be established and TDX and Network Maintenance services will be resubmitted under a new contract.

CONTRACT SUMMARY:                                                                                                                   

Contractor Name:                          

Rocky Mountain Systems Services

Contract Number:                          

20-03382-24-002

Base Contract Effective Dates:     

March 2, 2021, through December 31, 2023 (option years exercised to December 31, 2025)

Extended Contract Dates:            

TO 24-002 period of performance Jan 1, 2024- Oct 31, 2024

Existing Contract Value:                

$22,289,769

Amendment Amount:                   

Not to exceed $600,000

New/Total Contract Value:

$22,889,769

Procurement Method:                  

RFP best value modification

Budget Authority:                            

5-Year Capital Plan

 

 

ALTERNATIVES:                                                                                                                                    

Disapprove task order. TRAX and Frontrunner will not operate effectively if software and network are not maintained.

FISCAL IMPACT:                                                                                                                                

Funding for this task order  is included in the 2024 Capital budget (SGR 403).

ATTACHMENTS:                                                                                                                                

Task Order #24-002