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Conroe recommends First Class Transportation for Woodlands Express; city plans fleet purchases and maintenance facility
Summary
Council workshop presenters recommended awarding a joint, five-year contract to First Class Transportation to operate the Woodlands Express and Conroe Connection; staff described a multi-year plan that includes purchasing four compressed-natural-gas buses with federal grant funding and seeking planning funds for a maintenance facility.
City staff recommended awarding a five-year contract to First Class Transportation to operate the Woodlands Express and Conroe Connection services after a joint procurement with The Woodlands Township.
Ms. McKeska (city staff) told the council the recommended contract is a multi-year procurement using federal funding. The solicitation covers passenger service that runs between a Conroe park-and-ride and downtown Houston. The contract is a five-year operating agreement with additional one-year extension options; staff described the procurement as “a 2-point-something million dollar…
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