THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT/TRANSIT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's values "Cooperatively delivering an efficient and accessible regional intermodal transportation network" and "Consistently delivering responsive, efficient, quality services to the public and internal customers".
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development determined that this project is 100% funded by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and because federal dollars are applicable, the project is subject to the requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 26. The County has established an overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goal of 0% for this project (Exhibit 2).
The purpose of this solicitation is to engage the services of an experienced and qualified contractor to install, maintain and support an Automatic Passenger Counting (APC) System. The APC system shall include all equipment (hardware and software) needed to collect ridership data, passenger miles traveled and related reports for fixed- and trip-route services. Information collected will be used to assist the Transit Division (Transit) with service planning and improving on time performance service to its passengers. The contractor shall furnish all labor, installation, materials, equipment, personnel, tools, supervision, training, testing, startup of system, transportation and other incidentals as required to perform required services on this contract. This contract can be used by other governmental agencies.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) method of procurement was selected for this project to best serve the County. The RFP method provides for predefined evaluation criteria for ranking of firms based upon the required specialized technical expertise. Proposers are required to determine the best coverage as outlined in the RFP (Exhibit 1).
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