Advanced Public Transit Systems RFI
State of Florida Department of Transportation Central Procurement Office, 605 Suwannee Street, Mail Station 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
RFPSHELL. 07/2017
RFI Number: 19-APTS
Title: Advanced Public Transit Systems Statewide Procurement
Responses Due Date & Time (On or Before): November 30, 2018, 5:00 p.m. ET
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) from the Florida Dept. of Transportation
The Florida Department of Transportation is requesting information from integrators of transit technology and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in order to consider establishing one or more statewide procurement contracts for the following technologies and devices: automated passenger counters (APCs), scheduling software, voice annunciators, fareboxes, mobile data terminals (MDTs), mobile payment systems, camera systems, and onboard safety monitoring systems.
Description of commodities/contractual services:
Draft Description of Project: Since 1995, the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida has administered the Transit Research and Inspection Procurement Services (TRIPS) program for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The TRIPS Program provides Florida service providers with the means of procuring cutaway vehicles via established statewide contracts with vehicle manufacturers. FDOT is interested in potentially establishing one or more similar statewide contracts with transit technology system integrators and/or OEMs that Florida transit agencies can use to procure APCs, scheduling software, voice annunciators, fareboxes, MDTs, mobile payment systems, camera systems, and onboard safety monitoring systems. The selected vendor(s) must already have a proven track record helping fixed route and demand response transit operators. The selected vendor(s) must have experience with integrating both hardware devices and the associated software into transit vehicle fleets.
Please note: the awarding of any statewide contract(s) for these technologies and devices would not prevent in any way a Florida transit agency from directly entering into a contract with a vendor that was not awarded a statewide contract.
