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MTA to award New Flyer for 110 articulated low floor (CNG fuel) buses |
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Posted by gold_12th on Fri Jan 20 16:15:48 2017 Vendor Name (Location): New Flyer of America, Inc. (St. Cloud, Minnesota)Total Amount: $95,039,286(Est.) Description: Purchase of 110 low-floor 60-foot articulated compressed natural gas buses Contract Term (including Options, if any): May 31, 2017–December 31, 2023 Discussion: It is requested that the Board declare competitive bidding impractical or inappropriate pursuant to subdivision 9(b) of Section 1209 of the Public Authorities Law on the grounds that the item to be purchased is available only from one single responsible source and approve this sole-source purchase of 110 low-floor 60-foot articulated compressed natural gas (“CNG”) buses from New Flyer of America, Inc. (“New Flyer”). The new buses will replace 40-foot buses that have reached the end of their 12-year useful life. Additionally, as the majority of these buses have CNG tanks that, by federal regulations, can only be used for 15 years from the date of manufacture, the buses must be taken out of service or undergo a cost prohibitive and technically intrusive CNG tank replacement program. These buses represent an expansion of articulated bus operation. Converting a route to articulated bus operation has an immediate impact on operating costs: Four 40-foot buses are replaced with three 60-foot articulated buses, resulting in a reduction in operator-related costs, fewer miles being driven, and a need for fewer buses to meet peak-service requirements. These buses will be operated out of the West Farms and Jackie Gleason depots in the Bronx and Brooklyn respectively. This sole-source solicitation was advertised in September 2016. Additionally, nine bus manufacturers were directly contacted, all of which indicated that they do not manufacture a low-floor 60-foot articulated CNG bus. New Flyer is currently the only bus manufacturer in North America that manufactures a low-floor 60-foot articulated CNG bus. Nova Bus, a division of Prevost Car (US), Inc., the only other bus manufacturer with a structurally qualified low-floor 60-foot articulated bus under NYC Transit’s New Bus Qualification Program, indicated that it has not yet developed a low-floor 60-foot articulated CNG bus and is not in a position to provide NYC Transit with these buses. New Flyer will build five pilot buses in order to expedite delivery of the production buses. Pilot buses are scheduled to be delivered in September 2017, and will be used for configuration audit and qualification testing. Delivery of the production buses is scheduled to begin in March 2018 and be completed in November 2018. This contract is subject to review and approval of the Office of the New York State Comptroller and award will not be made prior to this approval. This delivery schedule is based on the assumption that Notice of Award will be issued on or before May 31, 2017. New Flyer submitted its initial proposal for $872,700 per bus. Through negotiation, the price was reduced to $851,368/bus, representing a savings of $21,332/bus or $2,346,520. The total contract award of $95,039,286 will consist of $93,650,480 for the 110 buses ($851,368/bus), $726,937 for manuals, diagnostic tools and qualification testing, $349,850 for an estimated quantity of training, and $312,019 for capital spares. The final price has been deemed fair and reasonable by the Cost Price Analysis Unit based on the results of a cost audit conducted by MTA Audit Services. These buses will be outfitted with new features including improved driver visibility, pedestrian turn warning Wi-Fi, USB charging ports, automatic passenger counters, and new branding. It should be noted that while all 110 buses will be manufactured in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a portion of the work will be performed at New Flyer’s recently opened facility in Jamestown, New York. An MBE/WBE goal was not established for this procurement. However, New Flyer has submitted utilization plans indicating a total MWBE content of 2.88% for this contract and will report on attainment to NYC Transit on a quarterly basis. |
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