The MST Board adopted
Resolution 2005-10 recognizing Veronica Mata’afa, Dispatcher, as MST Employee
of the Month for November 2004.
The MST Board: 1) awarded an
exclusive $175,006 contract to Mentor Engineering for the purchase of 27 Mobile
Data Terminals (MDT) for the MST RIDES Paratransit fleet; and 2) awarded an
exclusive $39,075 contract to Trapeze Software Group for the purchase and installation
on the Trapeze PASS MON MDT software interface.
The primary objective of
this project is to improve contractor accountability, performance, and
productivity while obtaining the capability of digitally transmitting
information that is currently on paper manifests to each vehicle. This system
will ensure that the arrival time and the vehicle’s odometer reading is
captured, transmitted, and stored within each passenger trip record, which
reside within the Trapezeä
software system. The system will also add functionally to the current
dispatching system by establishing text or canned messaging capability, and
automatic vehicle location (AVL) technology to provide real-time vehicle
routing, tracking, and passenger trip scheduling.
The software interface will also provide
real time automatic vehicle location technology used to manage vehicle routing,
tracking, and passenger trip scheduling. Due to the proprietary nature of the
source coding and software algorithms, the Trapeze ä MDT interface is only available from the Trapeze ä Software Group. As no other company has the rights
to sell this interface, this purchase will be a sole-source procurement of an
additional $39,075.