Title
Transit Furniture Manufacturing and Installation - Request for Award
Description
This report requests the Transportation, Infrastructure and Innovation Subcommittee recommend City Council approval to enter into an agreement with Talis Construction Corporation to construct and install new bus shelters.
THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
Report
Summary
The design is the result of a collaboration between the Phoenix Public Transit Department (PTD) and students at ASU’s Institute for Design and Arts to design new bus shelters that provide improved shade for bus riders and are, in the long run, currently estimated to be more economical to manufacture.
Phoenix has 4,050 bus stops, 2,650 of which currently utilize one of four shade structure designs. The bus shelters currently in use provide maximum shade when the sun is directly overhead. The purpose of the collaboration the ASU industrial design students was to design and conduct initial testing of new shade structures which achieve higher shade coverage when the sun is at different angles. The new design can be particularly effective for bus stops where shelter placement makes it difficult to block the sun, such as west-facing stops.
Improving shade for transit riders is a priority identified in the voter-approved Phoenix Transportation 2050 (T2050) plan. The result is three new shelter options that offer a more flexible platform to provide shade for riders throughout the city.
The three shelter models which resulted from the collaboration are as follows:
- Shelter 1: T2050 shelter - the standard shelter
- Shelter 2: The “kit-of-parts” shelter and seats - A flexible shelter base that allows staff to install either a scaled-down version in areas with limited right-of-way (ROW), or install a series of shelters side-by-side to offer additional shade where allowed by the available ROW. This shelter has a smaller footprint than the standard T2050 shelter.
- Shelter 3: The “larger” version - this shelter utilizes components from the kit-of-parts model to form a larger shelter that can be installed in areas that call for a unique shelter design or placement.
The Public Transit Department will utilize the following protocol as a basis for the placement of the new shelter design, recognizing that the current design will also continue in tandem with the new model:
- West-facing bus stops (new and existing with high ridership)
- Locations with limited ROW or other structural barriers
- High ridership locations in need of additional shade
- Replacing current bus shelters that can no longer be repaired or have sustained damage
Procurement Information
The City issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB PTD19-010) on Feb. 3, 2020, to award a maximum two-year Transit Furniture Manufacturing and Installation contract. A two-year contract provides staff with a suitable time frame by which the new design can be manufactured, installed and tested against the use and wear it will experience in the field.
On March 5, 2020, two bids were received from the following offerors:
- Southwest Fabrication, LLC
- Talis Construction Corporation
Both bids were determined to be responsive to the solicitation. The bids were evaluated based on price, as set forth in IFB:
- Talis Construction Corporation: $2,265,612
- Southwest Fabrication, LLC: $2,931,036
Contract Term
The agreement shall begin on or about Oct. 1, 2020, with an end date no later than May 30, 2022.
Financial Impact
The aggregate contract value will not exceed $2,265,612. Funding is available for the first year of the agreement in the Public Transit Department fiscal year 2020-21 Capital Improvement Program budget utilizing T2050 funds.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item is scheduled to be heard at the Citizens Transportation Commission meeting on Aug. 27, 2020.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.