Title
Airport and CATS Transit Buses
Action
Action:
Approve the purchase of transit buses from cooperative contracts,
Approve unit price contracts with the following vendors for the purchase of transit buses for a term of two years under Washington State Department of Enterprise Services contract #04824:
Gillig LLC,
Model 1 Commercial Vehicles Inc.,
Motor Coach Industries,
New Flyer of America Incorporated, and
Authorize the City Manager to extend the contracts for additional terms as long as the cooperative contracts are in effect at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contacts.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Haley Gentry, Aviation
Jack Christine, Aviation
Brent Cagle, CATS
Elizabeth Presutti, CATS
Explanation
The city’s Aviation and Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) departments own and operate approximately 481 transit buses, which must be replaced when they have reached their end of useful life.
Aviation provides bus service for passengers and employees to and from airport-operated parking facilities, and CATS provides fixed-route and paratransit bus services throughout the city.
These contracts will provide for the purchase of an estimated ten heavy-duty transit buses, 35 fixed-route buses, and eight paratransit buses annually.
The contract also provides for the acquisition of both hybrid and electric buses, which supports the city’s Strategic Energy Action Plan.
NC General Statute Section 143-129(e)(3) allows local governments to purchase from formally organized cooperative purchasing contracts.
A cooperative purchasing agreement results from the consolidation and competitive solicitation of multiple public agency requirements. By aggregating common needs all agencies are able to leverage economies of scale, such as volume discounts, improved terms and conditions, reduced administrative costs, and access to professional and technical expertise.
Aviation annual expenditures are estimated to ...
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