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DESCRIPTION: Request Board authorization to award RFP 2025-040 to Jarret Walker and Associates and negotiate contract
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize Interim Chief Executive Officer to award the On-Call Planning and Scheduling services RFP to Jarret Walker and Associates LLC (JWA) and negotiate and enter into a contract for a term of three years, with the option to extend for two additional years. Work will be executed on a task-order basis with the total amount authorized under the contract not to exceed $1,095,000 over the base three years. Each Task Order will go through RTA's requisition process for authorization in accordance with RTA's Procurement Manual and Resolution 26-025 establishing temporary procurement controls.
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ISSUE/BACKGROUND:
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The RTA has undertaken significant improvements to providing transit services in recent years, guided by its recently updated Strategic Mobility Plan (SMP), including the implementation of a major bus network redesign ("New Links" plan); the adoption a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for its first Bus Rapid Transit corridor; and the securing of over $50 million for the design and construction of major transit hubs, passenger facilities and fare collection technology modernization. The agency has also secured funding for an additional 36 buses, planned to be delivered by 2028, that would bring the fleet to 144 allowing the agency to increase peak vehicles in service from 89 today to 120. Lastly, with the implementation of new software for Paratransit service, RTA will be able to introduce new types of flexible on-demand service for the general public, called "microtransit" that will allow the agency to explore ways to improve service and stretch resources even further.
The RTA has begun building on these initiatives, focusing on developing service plans and improvements aligned with the implemen...
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