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CASE # <br />CONSIDER ISSUING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR RAMSEY STAR <br />EXPRESS COMMUTER COACH SERVICE <br />By: Brian E. Olson, Director of Public Works /Principal City Engineer <br />Background: <br />This Spring the Cit~ Council authorized Staff to extend the Ramsey Star Express service <br />by exercising its 3` (of 5) 6 month extensions with First Transit. In doing so, it directed <br />Staff to prepare a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the service into the future. During a <br />work session on June 1, 2010, Staff explained that there is a concern for issuing a <br />Contract for such a short timeframe between the new service starting and the potential of <br />a train station starting in 2012. Consensus of the Council was to move forward with the <br />RFP to see what interest would be generated. <br />Attached to the case is a copy of the RFP that was issued for the Forest Lake service <br />converted to meet the Ramsey Star Express specifications. The schedule is as follows: <br />Project Milestones <br />Issue RFP <br />Pre-proposal conference <br />Final questions due from proposers <br />Proposals Due <br />Interviews (if necessary) <br />Tentative Date <br />Wednesday, June 23, 2010 <br />Wednesday, July 14, 2010 <br />Tuesday, July 20, 2010 <br />Tuesday, August 3, 2010, <br />2:00 pm local time <br />Week of August 9; 2010 <br />Notice of Award <br />Recommendation: <br />August 25, 2010 <br />Staff recommends authorizing the release of the attached RFP for the Ramsey Star <br />Express Commuter Coach Transit Service. <br />Council Action: <br />A motion authorizing the release of the attached RFP for the Ramsey Star Express <br />Commuter Coach Transit Service. <br />Reviewed by: <br />City Administrator <br />Finance Officer <br />CC: 6/22/10 <br />