By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, June 19, 2019 OC Transpo is charged up over the
prospect of buying electric buses, even proposing to skip a pilot project and
just start acquiring them without going through a procurement competition.
“You don’t need to pilot this. You should do it,” transportation general manager John Manconi told the transit commission on Wednesday.
Transpo senses that city council is eager to acquire electric buses, so legally sole-sourcing the purchase from an existing supplier who previously won a competitive process (Nova Bus) could be the quick way to introduce two 40-foot battery-powered transit vehicles.https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/transpo-wants-to-buy-electric-buses-without-having-a-trial-run