Northern Bus Garage Project

Project Background:

NJ TRANSIT is experiencing significant growth in its bus ridership and demand, has its majority of bus fleet coming to the end of its service life, and is seeking to replace the existing diesel fleet with new ZEBs. NJ TRANSIT’s current bus maintenance facilities in Northern New Jersey are at capacity and cannot accommodate additional buses. To meet the increased demand in ridership and inclusion of additional ZEB vehicles, NJ TRANSIT is seeking to build a brand-new bus maintenance facility in northern New Jersey.

The Northern Bus Garage will be a large bus maintenance and storage facility with a capacity of approximately 500 buses. The facility is currently planned to accommodate 45-foot and 60-foot-long transit and commuter type buses with proper circulation aisles and take advantage of all modern labor-saving equipment and design features where possible. NJ TRANSIT desires a modern and energy efficient facility for management, service, maintenance, storage, and the rehabilitation of a portion of the NJ TRANSIT bus fleet.

NJ TRANSIT is looking to build a new facility (single or multiple buildings) that will include at minimum enclosed bus parking, service area and parts storage, bus maintenance bays, enclosed diesel fueling facility, bus washing facility, and administrative offices (offices, conference rooms, lockers, break rooms, restrooms, showers). In addition to the enclosed facility, the site will require on-site parking for employees and visitors, and bus snow removal equipment space.

 

Industry Forum Overview:

NJ TRANSIT held an Industry Forum for the Northern Bus Garage project on Monday, March 14, 2022. The Industry Forum provided participants with an overview of the Northern Bus Garage project and an opportunity to provide direct input to NJ TRANSIT to help shape the eventual procurement. The Industry Forum consisted of the following:

General Session – NJ TRANSIT shared an overview of the Northern Bus Garage needs and business opportunity in an open forum and answered questions that were submitted in advance.  

One-on-One Meetings – NJ TRANSIT held individual one-on-one meetings with interested parties following the General Session. Interested parties were required to verify that they met the eligibility criteria prior to requesting a meeting with NJ TRANSIT and were selected on a first come, first serve basis.

For those who did not have a chance to attend the forum can view a recording of the General Session by accessing the video below:

 

Below is a list of participating firms at NJ TRANSIT’s Northern Bus Garage Industry Forum:

A Better City	Hugo Neu
ACS Infrastructure Development	IDOM Consulting Engineering Architecture
AECOM	Jacobs
Agentis	John Laing
Aldridge	KeyBanc Capital Markets
Altus Group	Kiewit
Amber Infrastructure	Kimley-Horn
AmerCom Corporation	Macquarie Capital
AMPLY Power	Marubeni America Corporation
Anser Advisory, LLC	MBI
Arcadis	MBTA
Anhurst LLP	MCI/New Flyer
ASTM North America	Meridiam
BAE Systems	Nossaman LLP
BAM PPP	Nova Bus US Inc.
Barclays	Ochoa
BEM Systems, Inc.	OHLA USA
Brookfield Asset Management	Orrick
Burns Engineering	PACO Group, Inc.
BYD	Parsons Transportation Group
C2 Consulting LLC	Plenary Americas
CAF Investment Projects	Power Edison
Capital Metro	Proterra
CCA Civil	Radin Consulting, Inc.
Center for Transportation and the Environment	Railroad Construction Company
Conrac Solutions	RXR
Dattner Architects	Schunk Carbon Technology, LLC
DGX Security LLC	Sherwood Electromotion, Inc.
Edgemoor Infrastucture & Real Estate	Siemens Financial Limited
ENGIE Services Inc.	Skanska USA Civil Northeast
EX Ride	Sowinski Sullivan
FCC Construction	Stadia Technical Advisors
Fengate Asset Management	Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Gannett Fleming	Star America
Gedeon GRC Consulting	Stokes Creative Group
Gilbane Development Company	STV Incorporated
Goldman Sachs	TMR Group
GTS Consultants Inc.	Tutor Perini
Halmar International, LLC	Veritech Inc.
HDR	VHB
Heliox Technology North America	Walsh Group
Hitachi America, LTD	YU & Associates
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Disclaimer:

The Industry Forum did not constitute the start of a formal procurement process and participation was not a prerequisite to participating in any future procurement. While NJ TRANSIT endeavored to answer questions that were shared in advance during the General Session, NJ TRANSIT did not ask nor answer any questions during the one-on-one meetings (but for those questions posted in advance and for clarification questions pertaining to the information provided by the participants). No firm will be advantaged or disadvantaged in subsequent solicitations by either participating or declining to participate in this forum.