Provision Of Engineering Services Relating To Transit City Light Rail Vehicle Procurement
Metrolinx is accepting Proposals for the Provision of Engineering Services, by a vehicle engineering Consultant, required for the procurement of light rail vehicles, and for the subsequent work plan including, but not limited to: conceptual and final design reviews, manufacturing, acceptance and testing of the light rail vehicles,
Request For Proposals Documents are available online at
www.merx.com, Merx Reference Number PR.
Sealed Proposals, in hard copy only, will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at the Metrolinx Procurement and Contract Services Office located at 20 Bay Street, Suite 600, Purchasing Counter, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2W3.
Metrolinx reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals at its sole discretion.
Only Consultants who possess the following experience and qualifications will be considered for award of this Contract:
The Consultant shall possess a minimum ten (10) years experience in vehicle engineering, with direct involvement in the entire procurement process for light rail vehicles, from specification development to construction.
The Consultant shall be proficient in, or at least very knowledgeable of, the following key areas:
General rail vehicle performance;
State of the art propulsion, braking, auxiliary power supply, HVAC, and other on-car subsystems;
Relationship between propulsion, braking and adhesion limits;
Truck (bogie) and suspension systems;
Wheel rail interface;
Track geometry;
Safety against derailment;
Structural & mechanical requirements of rail vehicles;
Noise and vibration;
Pantograph operation;
Load-levelling and accessibility requirements;
Automatic train operation (ATO) and protection (ATP);
Multiple-unit trainline operation;
100% low-floor light rail vehicles; and
Canadian content auditing (or equivalent American experience).