Fiscal Note
Approval of this resolution will amend the Metro Transit 2008 Capital Budget by transferring $119,000 from the Swiss Colony Park and Ride project, which is not going forward at this time, to support the purchase of transit coaches. No additional appropriation is required, nor is any impact upon cost controls anticipated.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to amend the contract with Gillig Corporation for the manufacture and delivery of up to seventy-five (75) coaches and spare parts, and amending the 2008 Metro Transit Capital budget to transfer $119,000 from the Swiss Colony Park and Ride to support the purchase of the transit coaches. The cost of the first order of buses is not to exceed $7,040,000.
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PREAMBLE
The City of Madison executed a contract with Gillig Corporation on March 28, 2008 for the purchase of seventy-five (75) 40-foot low floor transit buses, diesel with diesel-electric hybrid options. The contract calls for the replacement of twenty-two buses in the first year, eleven in the second year, twelve in the third year, and fifteen in each of the last two years. At pre-production meetings with the manufacturer in August 2008, Metro made changes in some of the equipment in the buses, which resulted in a price adjustment of $7,332 per coach (2.4% increase). The changes are to the wheelchair securement system, bicycle rack, interior lights, exterior mirrors, and camera system. Additionally, we learned that ordering farebox trim hardware through the bus manufacturer rather than independently would result in a cost savings. The contract with Gillig Corporation now needs to be amended to allow this additional expense.
Whereas, City has awarded contract to Gillig Corporation for the manufacture of seventy-five (75) buses, the first twenty-two to be manufactured for a price not to exceed $310,000 per coach; and
Whereas the price of buses in subsequent production orders shall be the Base Order Price plus/minus any ch...
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