Department of Public Works
Dispensing with Competitive Bidding and Use Federal
and State Cooperative Agreements for the Purchase of
Battery-Electric Buses, Chargers, and Minivans
Presented to: City of Glendale City Council
March 5, 2024
Glendale Transit Services
• Beeline Fixed Route Bus Service
• 9 Routes + La Canada Flintridge (LCF) Shuttle Service • 41 Glendale buses + 3 LCF buses = 44 CNG bus fleet
• Dial-A-Ride Demand Response/Paratransit Service
• Serves adults 65+ and persons with disabilities of any age • 10 mixed fleet vehicles (minivans and cutaways)
• Bus and vans are city-owned
2 Replacement Buses and Minivans
• City Council approved the receipt of grant funds and budgeted funding to purchase:
• Five Battery-electric 35’buses
• Chargers to power the battery-electric buses
• Six Minivans
3 Dispense with Competitive Bidding to use
Federal and State Procurements
• Five (5) Battery-Electric Buses
• The State of Washington Cooperative Agreement – FTA approved, used by large and small transit agencies, and competitively bid.
• Chargers for Battery-Electric Buses
• Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) Request for Proposal – Adds operating and maintenance charger services (Charging as a Service). ATN allows for other transit agencies to use procurement.
• Six (6) Minivans
• CALACT/MBTA Cooperative Agreement – FTA Approved, Metro required for FTA 5310 grant recipients, and competitively bid.
4 Recommendation
• Approve three (3) resolutions to dispense with competitive bidding to purchase:
• Five (5) battery-electric buses
• Three (3) chargers including installation, and operation and maintenance services • Six (6) minivans
• Approve the resolution of appropriation to add:
• $648,000 in VW Mitigation grant funding
• $111,058 in Measure R Local Return funding for the purchase of the five battery-electric buses
• $370,272 in Measure R Local Return funding for chargers. 5 #MyGlendale