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SFMTA approves sole‑source $15.5M contract with Wabtec for LRV4 brake system overhaul
Summary
The SFMTA board approved a sole‑source contract with Wabtec Passenger Transit to overhaul the LRV4 brake systems on 68 phase‑1 light‑rail vehicles for up to about $15.5 million, with a vendor‑backed three‑year warranty on the overhauled systems.
The SFMTA board voted to authorize a sole‑source contract to Wabtec Passenger Transit to perform scheduled, factory‑standard overhauls of the LRV4 brake systems on 68 phase‑1 vehicles for an amount not to exceed approximately $15,527,000 and a project term of about 18 months.
Deputy project manager Joe Speaks presented the item and said the LRV4 fleet procurement with Siemens has delivered 64 of 219 vehicles into service and that the phase‑1 vehicles have reached the end of their initial five‑year warranty period. The agency is beginning a system‑based overhaul program (quarter‑life overhauls across multiple subsystems) to maintain state of good repair and reliability over the vehicles’ planned 25‑year life.
Speaks and Siemens/Wabtec representatives described the brake overhaul…
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