(11-07-2018, 07:11 AM)Canard Wrote: [ -> ]With the original 182 LRV order, Metrolinx was to “fill the hole in the dash”, and we were to get and use the same system. They didn’t come up with an in-cab signaling system. So, the Region/GrandLinq scrambled to come up with an off-the-shelf solution from another vendor. They finally did that, and only recently penned an agreement with Bombardier to have them install it.... only after they realized they couldn’t do it themselves!
Bombardier has actually helped them out, and everyone is slamming them for it. It’s absolutely maddening.
Huh? I think you have confused me again.
Can you please differentiate between the Region and GrandLinq’s responsibilities?
Was selecting AND integrating the FIE part of GrandLinq’s responsibilities under the terms of the project agreement and the region’s job to ensure they understood and were on top of this, or was it the Region’s responsibility to select the FIE and GrandLinq’s to integrate it?
It would seem that based on the language in Schedule 35 (Vehicles) in the
project agreement it was up to GrandLinq to create the specification for the on-board equipment and up to the region to add it to the separate contract with Bombardier (note that below Project Co = GrandLinq). Also, check out the date that the specifications were supposed to have been submitted by:
"The Region will facilitate on behalf of Project Co the development of an amendment to the WLRT Fleet Contract (a “Fleet Contract Amendment”) based upon
Project Co's specification providing for configuration of the Vehicles at the Vehicle Supplier's factory so as to enable installation either at the factory or following Vehicle Acceptance Testing of
on-board equipment specified by Project Co, for example ATP and radio equipment. All costs in respect of such Fleet Contract Amendment, once agreed to by Project Co, the Region and the Vehicle Supplier, shall be payable by Project Co.
Project Co shall submit to the Region details of their approach to on-board Vehicle equipment requirements, e.g. ATP, radios, etc.,
on or before May 30, 2014 so as to facilitate design development of the Vehicles."
I think it is important to distinguish the roles and responsibilities of all the parties (Bombardier, GrandLinq, Region, Metrolinx, etc.) and not lump them together.