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Committee substitutes and advances House Bill 471 to let UDOT piggyback transit procurements
Summary
The committee approved a first substitute of House Bill 471 to let the Utah Department of Transportation use existing public transit contracts from other agencies to streamline vehicle procurement; UDOT and the Federal Transit Administration were cited as supporting the approach.
The Utah Senate Public Utilities, Technology, Energy and Transportation Committee approved a first substitute of House Bill 471, Transportation Procurement Amendments, and sent it to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation.
Sponsor Representative Roberts said the bill "allows UDOT to streamline its procurement process by piggyback off of existing procurement contracts that other transit agencies in the state or throughout the country already have with transit vehicle manufacturers," and gave an example involving a contract option for additional rail cars. Representative Roberts said…
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