STORER TENTATIVELY SELECTED AS NEXT TRANSIT OPERATOR

On May 23, 2017, the Turlock City Council approved the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Transit Operations and Management contractor.  This was necessary due to the existing contract with First Transit expiring at the end of November 2017.  The new contract has a base term of just over 3-1/2 years with two, two-year extensions at the option of the City.  The new contract specified several changes from the existing contract, to include: a minimum wage for drivers and dispatchers, uniform requirements, two full-time management positions (General Manager and Operations Manager), and liquidated damages provisions for the Contractor's failure to meet key performance measures (i.e. late departures, missed runs, etc.).

On August 4, 2017, the City received proposals from First Transit, MV Transportation, National Express Transit Corporation, and Storer Transit Systems (Storer).  These four proposals were evaluated and scored based on the RFP guidelines, which considered both technical qualifications and cost proposals.  Based on the results, a Notice of Intent to Award was issued to Storer as the proposer with the highest score.  This recommendation was made to the Turlock City Council which will consider awarding a contract to Storer at their regularly scheduled council meeting on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.