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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown County Administrator THROUGH: Phillip J. Matson, AICP Community Development Director FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP MPO Staff Director DATE: March 5, 2021 SUBJECT: Senior Resource Association Fixed Route Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Passenger Counting & Demand Response Scheduling System It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of March 16, 2021. DESCRIPTION, CONDITIONS, & ANALYSIS Indian River County is the Designated Recipient of state and federal transit funding for the Sebastian -Vero Beach urbanized area. Those funds are passed through to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), Indian River County's designated transit service provider, which operates the GoLine (fixed route) and the Community Coach (demand response) transit services. On October 16, 2020, SRA issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified vendors to provide a new Integrated Computer Aided Dispatch/Automated Vehicle Locator/Automatic Passenger Counter (CAD/AVL/APC) system. This software is an essential component for the efficient operation of a public transportation system. Among its many functions, the software is used to schedule "door-to-door" (Community Coach trips), maintain a database of all Community Coach clients, track the real-time GPS location of all transit vehicles, count all GoLine passenger boardings for required ridership reports, and provide a mobile smartphone app for transit users. Three proposals were received, reviewed, and scored by an RFP Review Committee comprised of SRA and County staff. Demonstrations by all three proposing firms were held, and a final ranking was developed. The final rankings established by the committee are listed below. (RouteMatch, the current vendor, did not submit a proposal.) 72