Fiscal Note
Funds for this contract service are provided for in the 2006 transit division budget. Estimated cost of the service is $1,028,400.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Laidlaw Transit Services for provision of ADA paratransit services to Metro Transit in a "Long-Term Assignment Pilot Program" through September 30, 2006.
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PREAMBLE
Metro Transit, a division of the City, is required under the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide complementary paratransit services to its fixed-route transit operation. The high cost of providing the service prompted development of an RFP for a pilot program to encourage a greater number of proposals, and consequently more competitive pricing for the portion of service where customers have recurring trip patterns - representing approximately 3% of ADA-eligible clients and an estimated 20% of paratransit trips. This Pilot Project is the first of several ADA paratransit service agreements for which an RFP will be issued.
WHEREAS, the concept and RFP elements of the Pilot Program were reviewed and approved by the ADA Transit Subcommittee to the Transit & Parking Commission (ADATS); and
WHEREAS, Metro distributed its RFP nationally and locally to encourage competitive proposals and received proposals from 5 firms; and
WHEREAS, Laidlaw Transit Services was identified as having submitted the most responsive and responsible proposal; and
WHEREAS, proposed costs per trip under the Long-Term Assignment Pilot Program are 12-14% less than the cost per trip under existing contracts;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement(s) with Laidlaw Transit Services for the provision of paratransit services for Metro Transit in the "Long-Term Assignment Pilot Program" through September 30, 2006.