AGENDA
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Wednesday,
June 19, 2002 - 1:00 P.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
Hal
Bernson, Chair
Michael Antonovich, Vice Chair
John Fasana
Beatrice Proo
Zev Yaroslavsky
6. RECEIVE report of the Deputy Chief
Executive Officer.
7. RECEIVE
quarterly status report on the Universal Fare System implementation.
8. RECEIVE
AND FILE report on the interest in and viability of college pass programs and smart card applications.
9. RECEIVE AND FILE report on maintenance
of El Monte
Station.
10. CONSIDER
adopting the following: The Board finds
that the Automated
Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
consist of highly specialized hardware equipment, communication technology, and
software, such that the procurement qualifies under Public Utilities Code
Section 130238 for procurement by competitive negotiation. Using this methodology staff will solicit a
package of system hardware and software to be installed on site.
(Requires 2/3 vote of the Board)
11. CONSIDER
adopting the following:
A.
the Board finds that there is only a sole
source to provide S-1 Gards. The purchase is for the sole purpose of
enhancing the safe operation of the Metro’s existing bus fleet. The Board hereby authorizes the purchase of
1,979 S-1 Gards pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 130237; and
B.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to
award a sole source, firm fixed-price contract to Willamette Valley Company,
Eugene, Oregon, for the procurement of 1,979 S-1 Gards for a firm fixed-price
of $2,720,680 inclusive of sales tax.
(Requires 2/3 vote of the Board)
12. CONSIDER:
A.
awarding
a firm fixed-price contract to International Power Machines (IPM), the lowest
responsive, responsible bidder under Bid No. 01-0229 for the purchase of 14 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units for
Segments 2 and 3 of the Metro Red Line subway system for an amount not to
exceed $772,014 inclusive of sales tax.
B.
receiving
and filing report notifying the Board that the Chief Executive Officer has
purchased 4 UPS Systems under immediate remedial measures in accordance with
Public Utilities Code Section 130235(b).
13. AWARD
a two-year contract to BP West Coast Products, the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder under Bid 04-0216, for ultra low sulfur diesel fuel for an amount not to exceed $9,286,335, inclusive of sales
tax.
14. APPROVE the 2002
Hollywood Bowl Park-and-Ride service
agreement with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and the Los
Angeles Philharmonic Association.
15. APPROVE
execution of two three-year contracts and one two-year contract for the Metro
Freeway Service
Patrol for a total amount not to exceed
$3,172,965:
Beat Contractor Amount Contract Period
11 Hadley Towing, Whittier $1,005,350 10/1/02 - 9/30/05
43 S&W Towing Hawthorne $1,508,234 10/1/02 - 9/30/05
42 Panorama
City Towing, San Fernando $ 659,381 10/1/02
- 9/30/04
Total
Amount $3,172,965
CONSENT CALENDAR (Items
16, 17, and 18)
16. AWARD
two-year contract to Corporate Express, Paramount, the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder under Bid No. 03-0205, for office supplies for an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 inclusive of sales
tax.
COMMITTEE AUTHORITY, 4/5 VOTE
17. AWARD a
firm fixed-price contract to Johnson Lift/Hyster, the lowest responsive,
responsible bidder under Bid No. 04-0211, for 18 motorized hand lift trucks for a firm fixed-price of $208,275, inclusive of sales tax.
COMMITTEE AUTHORITY, 4/5 VOTE
18. AWARD a twenty-four month, firm
fixed-price requirements contracts to the following lowest responsive,
responsible bidders under Bid No. 04-0212, for bus electrical parts for a total amount not to exceed $706,786 inclusive of
sales tax:
A.
Crain Auto Electric for electrical regulator,
housing assembly, stator and field coil assembly, end housing assembly, and
solenoid for a total contract value of $388,018;
B.
Kirk’s Automotive for bus alternators for a
total contract value of $150,960;
C.
Auto Diesel Electric for alternator kit and
flasher for a total contract value of $88,818;
D.
Hydraulic Electric for frame end drive for a
total contract value of $49,362; and
E.
Neoplan, Inc. for alternator stator assembly
for a total contract value of $29,628.
COMMITTEE AUTHORITY, 4/5 VOTE
Consideration
of items not on the posted agenda, including: items to be presented and (if
requested) referred to staff; items to be placed on the agenda for action at a
future meeting of the Committee or Board; and/or items requiring immediate
action because of an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action came to the attention
of the Committee subsequent to the posting of the agenda.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN
COMMITTEE’S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
ADJOURNMENT