Agenda Item 9-J
Action Item
To:
Chairman Smedberg and the VRE Operations Board
From:
Doug Allen
Date:
September 20, 2013
Re:
Authorization to Award a GEC VI Task Order to Michael
Baker Jr., Inc. for Consultant Support for the Design and
Development of a Mobile Ticketing System
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Recommendation:
The VRE Operations Board is being asked to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to
award a GEC VI Task Order to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. to provide consulting support in
the design and development of a Mobile Ticketing System in the amount of
$186,482, plus a 10% contingency of $18,648, for a total amount not to exceed
$205,130.
Background:
VRE GEC consultant Michael Baker Jr., Inc., and its subconsultant LTK Engineering
Services, have been working with VRE staff through an existing GEC task order to
provide technical assistance in developing the Request for Proposals (RFP) and
evaluating responses to the RFP for Mobile Ticketing. This work has been valuable
in assisting VRE staff to define the scope of the Mobile Ticketing System project,
analyze proposals and select the recommended vendor.
With the award of a contract for the Mobile Ticketing System vendor, VRE staff will
require additional technical assistance to manage the system design and
development process. Michael Baker Jr., Inc. GEC staff has extensive knowledge of
the VRE Mobile Ticketing requirements as well as the scope of the Mobile Ticketing
System vendor contract, making them a logical and cost-effective choice to continue
to advise VRE as the design and implementation of the Mobile Ticketing System
proceeds. They also have extensive experience with transit industry fare collection
and payment systems, including a current contract to provide long-term fare
collection consultant services to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority (WMATA) in support of the New Electronic Payments Program (NEPP)
procurement.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this task order is available through Federal Congestion Mitigation and
Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) Grants x269 and x232. The local match is
provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginia Railway Express
Operations Board
Resolution
9J-09-2013
Authorization to Award a GEC VI Task Order to
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. for Consultant Support for the Design
and Development of a Mobile Ticketing System
WHEREAS, VRE staff has determined that a Mobile Ticketing System is the best
alternative for supplementing the legacy Fare Collections System; and,
WHEREAS, Michael Baker Jr., Inc. has been working with VRE staff through an
existing GEC task order to provide technical assistance in developing the Mobile
Ticketing RFP and evaluating proposal responses; and,
WHEREAS, VRE staff do not possess the depth of technical expertise in fare
payment and mobile ticketing technology necessary to oversee all aspects of the
Mobile Ticketing vendor contract; and,
WHEREAS, VRE staff has determined the most cost-effective way to obtain the
needed technical expertise is for Michael Baker Jr., Inc. to continue to provide
consultant support services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the VRE Operations Board authorizes
the Chief Executive Officer to award a GEC VI Task Order to Michael Baker Jr., Inc. to
provide consulting support in the design and development of a Mobile Ticketing
System in the amount of $186,482, plus a 10% contingency of $18,648, for a total
amount of $205,130.
Approved this 20th day of September 2013
______________________________
Paul Smedberg
Chairman
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John Cook
Secretary
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