Title
CATS Paratransit Minivans
Action
Action:
A. Award a unit price contract to the lowest responsive bidder Ilderton Conversion Company for the purchase of paratransit minivans for a term of one year, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to four additional, one-year terms with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the City’s business needs and the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Pete Wallace, CATS
Explanation
§ CATS Special Transportation Services (STS) uses a fleet of 92 minivans that provide transportation for citizens with mobility challenges. STS operates during the same days and times and locations as local bus service, transporting citizens to and from medical appointments.
§ Two of the minivans in the current fleet have reached the end of their useful life and need to be replaced. STS currently has a total of eight minivans of this type in their fleet.
§ On October 10, 2016, CATS issued an Invitation to Bid; two bids were received from interested vendors.
§ Ilderton Conversion Company was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
§ The first year paratransit minivan order will be for two replacement paratransit minivans at $37,714 each, totaling $75,428 for the base model vehicles.
§ This first year order will use Federal Transportation Administration funds. Additional paratransit minivans may be purchased with state and/or local funds depending upon future budget developments.
§ Estimated annual expenditures are $85,000.
Disadvantage Business Enterprises
Dodge Inc., the manufacturer of the vehicles to be purchased under this contract, is in compliance with the Federal Transit Administration regulation 49 CFR Part 26.45. The regulation requires Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Opportunity certifications from Transit Vehicle Manufacturers as a condition of being authorized to bid on transit procurements funded by the Federal Transit Administration.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Transit Community Investment Plan and Federal Enhanced Mobility Funds