TAMRMS#: B06
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Courval Scheduling Inc. Software Contract Award
Presented by: Anthony Lake, Director, Public Works and Transit
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That Council approve the sole source contract award of $217,043.00 for transit scheduling software to Courval Scheduling Inc. (CSched).
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
City of St. Albert procurement policies requires that sole sourced contracts above $100,000.00 be approved by Council.
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Priority #3:
Building a Transportation Network: Integrated transportation systems.
Administration Activity #3.4
Continue to pursue an integrated Regional Transit Commission.
ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
Service Name: Conventional Fixed Route Transit Services
Service Definition: Provision of convenient, affordable and effective public transit services within St. Albert and to major destination areas in Edmonton, including Downtown, the University of Alberta, NAIT/Royal Alexandra Hospital, and West Edmonton Mall.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
N/A
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The contract to provide transit scheduling software was sole-sourced after considerable research and evaluation; research that included an assessment and recommendation conducted on behalf of the regional transit partners by LTK Engineering. In order to be a part of the regional Smart Fare/Smart Bus systems, St. Albert Transit (StAT) and Strathcona County Transit (SCT) must utilize scheduling software that is compatible with, and can interface with Edmonton Transit’s Hastus (brand name) system. In the process of determining if an interface could be developed to allow our current scheduling software to channel into Hastus, it was identified that an interface could not be developed without a major adjustment to Edmonton’s system. The reprogramming of their much-larger system was not supported by Edmonton as it was deemed too costly an...
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