| Item Title: | Planning & Development - TTI Task Order No. 9 - El Paso County Best Practices Research, Technical Assistance, and Evaluation for Outsourcing Fixed Route and Demand Response Service (2023-0955) | | Submitted By: | Michael McElroy, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015 | | Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign Task Order No. 9, "El Paso County Best Practices Research, Technical Assistance, and Evaluation for Outsourcing Fixed Route and Demand Response Service" with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) from December 1, 2023, to March 31, 2025, in the amount of $217,000. Funds are available in GF-TRANSIT TTI STUDY-PROF SVC. (Contract No. 2023-0955) | | Background: | El Paso County Transit in partnership with the EPATS, LGC plans to implement new transit services in CY2025. Additionally, current fixed route transit service contracts will expire in CY2024. This task order is to provide technical assistance, research, and training to El Paso County for outsourcing its fixed route and demand response service. El Paso County operates and will operate these services under an agreement with El Paso Area Transportation Services, LGC (EPATS). Currently, El Paso County outsources all of its services, including fixed route, commuter bus, and vanpool. However, El Paso County’s contract for fixed route is expiring. Also, El Paso County plans to implement Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit as well as general public demand response service (potentially including new service types like microtransit) in areas of the county not served by fixed route service. El Paso County requires TTI technical assistance and research to support both its near-term implementation of ADA paratransit in calendar year 2024 and its procurement of a long-term contract for fixed route, ADA paratransit and general public demand response services and to help ensure its procurement and service implementation procedures follow industry best practice and maximize cost-effectiveness and service quality. | | Fiscal Impact: | Funding in the amount of $217,000 is available in:
GF-TRANSIT TTI STUDY-PROF SVC
COGF-1000-0000000-431-10-80000-0472-TTIST-601107- | | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign Task Order No. 9, "El Paso County Best Practices Research, Technical Assistance, and Evaluation for Outsourcing Fixed Route and Demand Response Service" with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) from December 1, 2023, to March 31, 2025, in the amount of $217,000. Funds are available in GF-TRANSIT TTI STUDY-PROF SVC. (Contract No. 2023-0955) | | Prior Action: | On June 15, 2020; Item 23 - Commissioners Court approved the Master Interlocal Agreement with TTI for a variety of transportation studies, research, evaluations and other services. | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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