NYC MTA Wireless Broadband RFP 2010

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

State of New York

March

12,2010Dear

Prospective

Proposer:

The

Metropolitan Transportation

Authority,

on

behalf of

the

Long

IslandRail

Road

Company,

and

Metro-North

Commuter

RailroadCompany,

invites

all

qualified

firms

to

submit

Proposals for Provision of Wireless Broadband Services

in

Long

IslandRail

Road and

Metro-North Railroad Trains and Stations.

Enclosed

is

the

entire

Request

for

Proposals ("RFP")

package.Please

read the instructions carefully.

All

responses

to

the

RFP are

due

no

later

than

l\I1ay

17,

2010.If

you

are

interested

in

responding

to this

RFP,

please

complete

and returnthe

enclosed

questionnaire

(pink

sheet) at

your

earliest

convenience.

Thank

you

for

your interest

in

the

MTA.RealEstate Department

The

agencies

of

the

MTA

MTA New York City Transit

MTA

Long Island Bus

MTA

Bridges

and

Tunnels

MTA

Bus

Company

MTA Long Island Rail Road

MTA

Metro-North Railroad

MTA

Capital Construction

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Request

for

Proposals (RFP)

For

Provision

of

Wireless Broadband Services in 

Long

Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Trains and Stations 

Issued: March 12, 2010EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED

BY

THE PROJECT MANAGER(see

p.

2) OR

AS

OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED

BY

NEW YORKSTATE FINANCE

LAW

§§

139-J AND 139-K, DURING THE "RESTRICTEDPERIOD"

OF

THIS SOLICITATION, NEITHER PROPOSERS, NOR ANYEMPLOYEE, AGENT OR CONSULTANT OR PERSON ACTING

ON

BEHALF OF PROPOSERS, MAY

"CONTACT"

BOARD MEMBERS,OFFICIALS, EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN THE PROJECT MANAGER AND

ANY

OTHER PERSONS EXPRESSLY DECLARED

BY

MTA TO

BE

DESIGNATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THIS RFP)

OR

CONSULTANTSOF MTA OR ANY OF ITS

AFFILIATES~OR

SUBSIDIARIES, THE STATE OF

NEW

YORK OR

ANY

OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY REGARDINGTHIS RFP AND RELATED MATTERS. FAILURE TO OBSERVE THISREQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN THE PROPOSER'S DISQUALIFICATIONFROM CONSIDERATION PURSUANT TO THIS RFP. THE TERMS

"CONTACT"

AND "RESTRICTED PERIOD" ARE DEFINED IN NEW YORKSTATE FINANCE

LAW

§§

139-J AND 139-K AND THOSE "CONTACTS"THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IMPERMISSIBLE ARE DESCRIBEDTHEREIN.

The

Basics

of

this

RFP

Pursuant to this Request for Proposals ("RFP"), Metropolitan TransportationAuthority ("MTA

"),

together with the

Long

Island Rail

Road

("LlRR") and MetroNorth Commuter Railroad ("Metro-North") and together with LlRR, the"Railroads"), are soliciting proposals from private entities for a license to provideon-train and/or station WiFi services for the Railroads' customers.Key

Business

ObjectiveThe Railroads' key business objective for a WiFi network is to improve passengersatisfaction. Our current thinking is that the WiFi service should be marketed asa product

of

the service provider, not as a Railroad-provided service. We believethat having WiFi service available to our customers would

be

beneficial

and

thatwe should facilitate that result if a private company is prepared to make therequired investment

in

a manner that we determine to

be

appropriate.

Support

of

Other Business

Objectives

Will

be Considered FavorablyThe Railroads will look favorably

on

proposals that also:• provide the Railroads with a wireless communications resource that couldbe used by the Railroads for Railroad operational purposes and/or

in

support . of revenue-generating activities such as digital advertisinginitiatives; and• have a likelihood of providing the Railroads with license fee revenues fromthe service provider and/or a share

in

user-generated revenues.The Railroads

Will

Incur

No CostsGiven the current fiscal environment, MTA

has

determined that it

is

notappropriate to spend any

MTAor

Railroad dollars

on

such

an

undertaking.

Threshold

Conditions

Proposals must meet all of the following conditions:

1.

All the successful proposer{s) must accept sole responsibility for allcosts of the initiative, including but not limited to all flagging, labor and other forceaccount costs incurred by the Railroads

in

supporting the initiative.

2.

The successful proposer{s) must commit to complete the proposedinstallation within a specified time frame

and

must provide substantial financialsecurity guaranteeing such obligation.

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12,2010 

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