TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Contract Award for Hydrogen Fueling Equipment (D4)
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving the award of a contract to Messer North America, Inc. to engineer, provide, and install hydrogen fueling equipment for the Oakland Division 4 Hydrogen Upgrade Project.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Environmental Improvement
Initiative - Infrastructure Modernization
Authorizing this contract will support the continued implementation of AC Transit's Board approved Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Transition Plan by increasing the capacities and throughputs of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure at the Oakland (D4) Division while utilizing currently available grant funds.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The hydrogen system equipment upgrade contract cost is $7,678,570.00 which will be entirely funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC) Zero Emission Transit Fleet Infrastructure Deployment Grant and a Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Carl Moyer Program grant.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
On November 12, 2020, the Board authorized the application and funding agreement with the California Energy Commission (CEC) for the very competitive Zero Emission Transit Fleet Infrastructure Deployment grant. In order to make AC Transit's application as robust as possible, the District included Messer North America, Inc. as a technology partner to both maximize our technical/experience scoring and to provide firm cost values for the portion of the project that is most price volatile. As a result, the District received a competitive grant award based on the strength of that presentation.
After the grant award, but before the grant contract execution, CEC and AC Transit conducted a fair and reasonable analysis of the Messer cost...
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