Approval of an Agreement with Complete Coach Works for the Removal and Installation of the Orbital/ACS SmartBus Systems on Twenty Old and New Transit Buses in an Amount Not to Exceed $228 941. City of Culver City California Agenda Item Report Item Number: C 4 Meeting Date: 12/5/2011 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: Approval of an Agreement with Complete Coach Works for the Removal and Installation of the Orbital/ACS SmartBus Systems on Twenty Old and New Transit Buses in an Amount Not to Exceed $228 941. Contact Person/Dept.: Paul Condran /Transportation Fiscal Impact: Yes X No General Fund: Yes No X Phone Number: 310 253 6520 Public Hearing: Action Item: Attachments: Commission Action Required: Yes No X Date: _______________ Public Notification: Agenda and Meetings City Council (12/1/11); Complete Coach Works (11/7/11); DataLED(11/10/11) Department Approval: Art Ida (11/23/2011) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (by M. Noller) (11/29/11) City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (11/28/11) City Manager Approval: John M. Nachbar (11/29/11) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council approvea contract with Complete Coach Works (CCW) to remove the Orbital/ACS SmartBus System from twenty (20) 1998 Transit Buses and reinstall this system into twenty (20) new 2011 Transit Buses in the amount of $222 273 plus a 3% contingency for unforeseen technical issues which may arise for a total not to exceed amount of $228 941. BACKGROUND: On May 2 2011 the City Council authorized the acquisition of twenty (20) new heavy duty transit buses from New Flyer of America. These vehicles will replace our twenty (20) 1998 heavy duty transit buses. The 1998 buses are installed with a smart advanced SmartBus Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) System manufactured by Orbital/ACS. This highly sophisticated and technical system has numerous specialized sub system technologies to enable the safe and accurate transfer of data vehicle information GPS location and operator messa...
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