ORDINANCE NO. 210557
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Authorizing a $38,557,926.00 contract with CAF USA, Inc. to purchase six (6) low-floor Light-Rail vehicles for the KC Streetcar Main Street Extension Project; and authorizing a $5,486,089.00 contract with CAF USA, Inc. to retrofit existing streetcars 801-806 .
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WHEREAS, after procurement action consistent with the requirements of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the City desires to enter into a purchasing contract for low-floor Light Rail vehicles with CAF USA, Inc. for the designing, manufacturing, testing, furnishing, and delivery of the CAF Urbos 3 low floor Light-Rail-vehicles in a base contract amount and assignable options for vehicles that will be used for the KC Streetcar Main Street Extension Project; and
WHEREAS, this contract will authorize the City's purchase of a base order of six (6) low-floor Light-Rail vehicles, options for associated materials and services, and spare parts and special tools and warranty ;and
WHEREAS this contract will include the options to purchase up to ten (10) additional Light-Rail vehicles; and
WHEREAS, as part of the above-referenced procurement action, the City will enter into a separate contract for low-floor Light Rail vehicle existing fleet retrofits with CAF USA, Inc. for the designing, manufacturing, testing, furnishing and delivery of the CAF Urbos 3 low floor Light-Rail vehicle retrofits for the City's existing cars 801-806 in a base contract amount; and
WHEREAS, this City existing fleet retrofits contract will authorize the City to purchase identified options for associated materials and services to retrofit the existing fleet of Cars 801-806 with the revised design used for the City's base order of six (6) new low-floor Light-Rail Vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City has received Federal Transit Administration Capital Investment Grant in the amount of $174,059,270.00 to cover certain KC Streetcar...
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