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U.S. transit agency Capital Metro took the uncommon step of designating its search for a new fare-system vendor as an “emergency procurement.” It says it is following federal rules, as it hires Cubic Transportation Systems with a planned $6.4 million contract. Some other industry veterans are questioning the need for the move.
• Document: Summary and description of procurement for CapMetro board, July 2024
• Document: Approval of resolution to buy validator from Bytemark, Oct. 2019
• Document: Summary and description to expand fare service, 2021.
• Table: Planned breakdown for contract with Cubic, July 2024.
• CapMetro (Austin, Texas)
• Cubic
• Bytemark
• MCTS (Milwaukee)
• Masabi
• INIT
• Token Transit
• Flowbird
A recent decision by Austin, Texas, transit agency Capital Metro to award a contract to Cubic Transportation Systems for a new fare system is a big win for Cubic’s Umo platform, but the award is raising some questions among industry vendors over the way CapMetro has conducted the procurement, Mobility Payments has learned.
CapMetro officials, although they are believed to have heard presentations from a total of five fare-system vendors (see below), have yet to explain why they decided against holding a full procurement
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