Title
Green Transit Technology Contract - Recommendation for Award (Ordinance S-49380)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into separate contracts with GILLIG, LLC and New Flyer of America, Inc. to provide battery electric, hybrid electric, and fuel cell electric transit buses. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total value of the five-year contracts together will not exceed $229,882,861.
Report
Summary
The Public Transit Department (PTD) has worked to ensure that the City's fleet has environmentally-friendly buses with the best-proven technology available, particularly in terms of vehicle range and passenger comfort during extreme temperatures. These contracts would allow the department to establish a sub-fleet of green buses and test on a long-term basis these zero and/or near-zero-emission buses for their ability to operate in the Phoenix environment (peak passenger loads, on-board equipment, and higher-capacity air conditioning systems) and support operating needs. These contracts afford PTD the opportunity to evaluate the operability of these buses with its initial sub-fleet purchases and the ability to prioritize and continue the purchase of such buses if they are found to meet the transit system’s operational needs, allowing PTD to gain experience with these new technologies.
Procurement Information
A Request for Proposals procurement was solicited in accordance with City of Phoenix Administrative Regulation 3.10.
On May 9, 2022, the solicitation was posted on the City’s solicitation website and sent to 46 prospective vendors. Four vendors submitted responses, and two were determined non-responsive.
The evaluation panel interviewed all responsive and responsible offerors and reached consensus, in consideration of the published selection criteria, with total points ranging from 0 - 1,000:
- Design and Production Process: Product Support and Reliability (0-275 points)
- Design and Production Process: Bus and Component Design (0-275 points)
- Workforce Training and Contractor Outreach/Recruitment (0-100 points)
- Design and Production Process: Schedule (0-50 points)
- Warranty (0-50 points)
- Price Proposal (0-250 points)
The following Proposers have been selected for award of separate contracts:
- Battery Electric Buses - GILLIG LLC
- Fuel Cell Electric Buses - New Flyer of America, Inc.
- Hybrid Electric Buses - New Flyer of America, Inc.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning subcommittee recommended approval of the award on Jan. 18, 2023 by a vote of 4-0.
Contract Term
The contracts (battery electric bus contract, fuel cell electric bus contract, and hybrid electric bus contract) will begin on or about Feb. 1, 2023 for a five-year term.
Financial Impact
The value of the all three contracts together is $229,882,861. Funds are available in the Public Transit Department's five-year Capital Improvement Program.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.