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ODOT issues road user charge programme tender

The Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT’s) Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding (OIPP) is releasing a series of procurement documents for acquiring equipment and services related to establishment of the state’s legislatively mandated road usage charge program (RUCP). This initial procurement will focus on full turnkey mileage collection and account management services. OIPP will contract directly with account managers but expects them to subcontract with mileage reporting device
April 4, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The 5837 Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT’s) Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding (OIPP) is releasing a series of procurement documents for acquiring equipment and services related to establishment of the state’s legislatively mandated road usage charge program (RUCP). This initial procurement will focus on full turnkey mileage collection and account management services. OIPP will contract directly with account managers but expects them to subcontract with mileage reporting device (MRD) manufacturers to offer full turnkey capability.
 
In support of this release, OIPP is soliciting feedback from potential vendors on the two procurement document packets released. These relate to the two types of account management equipment and services envisioned for the RUCP: the ODOT account manager (OAM) will be procured through a single award competitive request for proposals (RFP). The awarded vendor will be responsible for providing full turnkey mileage reporting and account management equipment and services on behalf of ODOT, branded for ODOT; and the commercial account manager (CAM) which will be procured through a multiple-award request for qualifications (RFQ). The awarded vendors will compete in an open market for RUC payers by offering hardware and account management choices, plus value-added services and resale of Telematics data.

The 2013 Oregon Legislatures passed Senate Bill 810, the first legislation in the US to establish a road usage charge system for transportation funding.  The bill authorises ODOT to set up a mileage collection system for 5,000 volunteer motorists beginning 1 July 2015. ODOT may assess a charge of 1.5 cents per mile for up to 5,000 volunteer cars and light commercial vehicles and issue a fuel tax refund to those participants.  This will not be another pilot program but rather the start of an alternate method of generating fuel tax from specific vehicles to pay for Oregon highways.

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