Homestead Opengov #202708

Homestead Circulator Trolley Operations, Maintenance, and Rider Technology

The City of Homestead is seeking a provider to operate and maintain its fare-free trolley system and deliver integrated rider technology. - Government buyer: City of Homestead, Florida; Public Works & Engineering and Procurement & Contract Services Department. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or commercial vendors are named. The rider platform must integrate service information for Miami-Dade Transit, Tri-Rail, and the Homestead trolley. - Core service: Manage, operate, and maintain fixed-route trolley service, including staffing, fleet maintenance, fueling coordination, customer service, reporting, safety, and compliance. - The City owns six trolleys: four 27-foot and two 30-foot vehicles; three are used for regular service and three are reserves. - Listed service quantities are 11,000 for regular fixed-route service, 500 for seasonal National Parks service, 100 for special-event/out-of-contract service, and 11,000 for a supplemental contractor-provided vehicle. Units are not specified in the available information. - Rider technology: Provide and support a unified web/mobile platform with trip planning, real-time vehicle tracking and arrival predictions, alerts, GTFS/GTFS-Realtime feeds, and regional transit-feed integration. It must support the trolley and Miami-Dade Transit Metrobus/BRT, with an upgrade path for Metrorail and Tri-Rail. - Requirements include ADA and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, English and Spanish (and Creole where practicable), and City ownership of and unrestricted access to transit data. - Seasonal National Parks service: Weekend trolley service connects Homestead with Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park. One trolley serves each route; service operates from December through April, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Stops include Homestead Station, park locations, and other designated route stops. - Optional services: With City approval, develop and manage advertising, sponsorship, and naming-rights programs for the trolley system and approximately 45 solid-waste vehicles. Revenue, program activation, and guarantees are not assured. - Flexibility and term: The City may modify or expand service to include additional routes, on-demand transit, microtransit, shuttles, or other transit services. The initial term is five years, with two optional one-year renewals and mutually agreed extensions of up to 12 months.

Description

The City of Homestead seeks a qualified transit provider to operate, maintain, and support its fixed-route circulator trolley system under a transit operations agreement. The scope includes staffing and management, vehicle maintenance, service delivery, reporting and regulatory compliance, and a required unified multimodal rider technology platform. The City may expand or modify transit services during the contract, while advertising, sponsorship, and naming-rights services are optional. The initial contract term is five years, with two optional one-year renewals.

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