Title
Transportation 2050 Bus Stop Manufacturing and Repair RFP
Description
This report requests the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Planning Subcommittee recommend City Council approval to authorize the Public Transit Department to issue a Request for Proposals for a contract to manufacture and repair bus stops as part of the Transportation 2050 (T2050) Plan.
THIS ITEM IS FOR CONSENT ACTION.
Report
Summary
The Public Transit Department (PTD) manages more than 4,000 bus stops within the City of Phoenix. Bus stops serve as the gateway between the region’s transit passengers and their trips, with PTD staff together with contracted service providers managing the manufacture and repair of bus stops and associated amenities across the city.
PTD currently manages two contracts related to manufacturing and repair of bus stop furniture. One contract is to manufacture and repair the 4,000 bus stop furniture, including shelters, the City had in place prior to the start of the Phoenix T2050 plan, as well as to manufacture a newer, redesigned T2050 Shelter.
A second, short-term manufacturing contract was the result of a collaboration with the ASU School of Industrial Design to develop alternative shelters that would improve the amount of shade provided by bus stop structures, particularly in areas where right-of-way may be limited. Both contracts expire on June 30, 2022, and the manufacturing of both the T2050 and the ASU-inspired shelters will be done under this new solicitation.
In addition to PTD’s annual allocation of bus stop installation and maintenance funding, this contract will include City Council’s allocation of $500,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to be spent over the first two years of the contract, adding an additional 20 shade structures per year to advance shade in Phoenix. The contract will also include a $300,000 grant from the Gila River Indian Community to be spent over two years for improved solar lighting assemblies at bus stops.
The proposed contract will be a five-year term and include the manufacturing of new bus shelters, seating, trash receptacles, repair and modernization of solar lighting at bus shelters, installation of concrete as necessary for bus stop pads, and repair of bus stop amenities.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.