Metrolinx Transit Procurement Initiative

The Metrolinx Transit Procurement Initiative (initially called the Purchasing Co-operative) helps municipalities across Ontario save costs by coordinating their transit purchase and delivery. The unit cost of new buses is reduced thus allowing the savings to be returned to taxpayers or the transit agency.

History

The joint bus purchase initiative was originally started in 2006 with a consortium of six transit agencies: Barrie Transit, York Region Transit, Durham Region Transit, Burlington Transit, London Transit and Transit Windsor. Transit Windsor later dropped out. The buses would be 40 foot diesel buses to be delivered in 2007 and 2008.

In 2008, another joint purchase was placed with more agencies and Metrolinx taking over the initiative. This request for proposal was for 40 foot diesel buses, 40 foot diesel-electric hybrid buses, and 30 foot diesel buses.

A new joint procurement program was created in 2010 for specialized buses, which included transit systems in York Region, Peel Region, Oakville, Burlington, Durham Region, North Bay, and Waterloo Region.

Vehicle procurements

Year of bid	Vehicle type	Scheduled delivery	Bidders	Resulting manufacturer	Participants	Notes
2006	40 foot diesel low floor^[1]	2007	New Flyer Nova Bus Orion	New Flyer	Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit London Transit York Region Transit	Not under Metrolinx Transit Windsor dropped out, buses redirected to York Region Transit
2006	40 foot diesel low floor^[1]	2008	New Flyer Nova Bus Orion	New Flyer
2008	40 foot diesel low floor	2009		New Flyer	Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Elliot Lake Transit Hamilton Street Railway London Transit Commission Milton Transit North Bay Transit Welland Transit York Region Transit
	40 foot diesel low floor	2010 option		New Flyer	Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Hamilton Street Railway London Transit Commission Milton Transit North Bay Transit York Region Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor	2009		New Flyer	St. Catharines Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor	2010 option		New Flyer	London Transit Commission St. Catharines Transit
	30 foot diesel low floor	2009		ElDorado	Cobourg Transit Durham Region Transit London Transit Commission Sarnia Transit York Region Transit
	30 foot diesel low floor	2010 option		ElDorado	Cobourg Transit Cornwall Transit Durham Region Transit London Transit Commission Sarnia Transit
2010	8 metre diesel specialized high floor^[2]	2010			5 agencies	Cancelled due to pricing for EPA 2010-compliant engines not being available at the time of bid
	8 metre diesel specialized high floor^[2]	2011 option			5 agencies
	8 metre diesel specialized low floor^[3]	2010			Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Grand River Transit North Bay Transit Oakville Transit TransHelp Peel York Region Transit^[4]
	8 metre diesel specialized low floor^[3]	2011 option
2010	8 metre diesel specialized high floor^[5]	2011		Crestline Coach^[6]	Burlington Transit Cornwall Transit Durham Region Transit Handicap Action Group Incorporated Kenora Transit Welland Transit	Kenora's will be 6.5-7m^[7]
2010	8 metre diesel specialized low floor^[8]	2011		Creative Carriage^[6]	Barrie Transit Cornwall Transit Oakville Transit St. Thomas Transit York Region Transit and 2 agencies
2011	40 foot diesel low floor^[9]	2011	New Flyer Nova Bus Orion	New Flyer^[10]	Barrie Transit Durham Region Transit Hamilton Street Railway London Transit Commission North Bay Transit St. Catharines Transit Welland Transit York Region Transit	Bidders asked to bid newest model
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor^[9]	2011			London Transit Commission Transit Windsor
	40 foot diesel low floor	2012 option			Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Hamilton Street Railway Kingston Transit London Transit Commission Milton Transit North Bay Transit Welland Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor	2012 option			London Transit Commission
	40 foot diesel low floor	2013 option			Barrie Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit London Transit Commission North Bay Transit St. Catharines Transit Transit Windsor Welland Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor	2013 option
	40 foot diesel low floor	2014 option			Barrie Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit London Transit Commission St. Catharines Transit Transit Windsor York Region Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor	2014 option
2012	8 metre diesel specialized high floor	2012
		2013 option			Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Welland Transit
		2014 option			Durham Region Transit
	8 metre diesel specialized low floor	2012
		2013 option			Burlington Transit Hamilton Street Railway Kingston Transit Milton Transit Oakville Transit
		2014 option			Burlington Transit Kingston Transit Oakville Transit
2014	40 foot diesel low floor	2015	New Flyer Nova Bus	Nova Bus	Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Cornwall Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit North Bay Transit Oakville Transit Sarnia Transit St. Catharines Transit Welland Transit York Region Transit	Bidders asked to bid newest model
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	40 foot CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	40 foot diesel low floor	2016 option			Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit Milton Transit North Bay Transit Oakville Transit Sarnia Transit St. Catharines Transit Welland Transit Transit Windsor York Region Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	40 foot CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	40 foot diesel low floor	2017 option			Barrie Transit Burlington Transit Cornwall Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit Milton Transit North Bay Transit Oakville Transit Sarnia Transit St. Catharines Transit Welland Transit Transit Windsor York Region Transit
	40 foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	40 foot CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
2015	8 metre diesel specialized high floor	2015		Overland Custom Coach	Niagara Falls Transit
		2016 option			Niagara Falls Transit Sarnia Transit
		2017 option
	8 metre diesel specialized low floor	2015		Creative Carriage	Cornwall Transit Elliot Lake Transit Milton Transit Oakville Transit
		2016 option			Barrie Transit Elliot Lake Transit Oakville Transit
		2017 option			Guelph Transit Commission Oakville Transit
2016	Minibus	2017		Creative Carriage	Durham Region Transit Hamilton Street Railway Sarnia Transit Toronto Transit Commission
		2018 option			Guelph Transit Commission Halton Hills ActiVan Simcoe County LINX St. Catharines Transit Toronto Transit Commission York Region Transit
		2019 option (extension)			Durham Region Transit Guelph Transit Commission Milton Transit Orillia Transit Simcoe County LINX Toronto Transit Commission
		2020 option (extension)			Milton Transit Toronto Transit Commission
2017	18-metre low floor	2018		Nova Bus	Niagara Falls Transit St. Catharines Transit
		2019 option			Durham Region Transit
		2020 option
2017	12-metre diesel low floor	2018		Nova Bus	Burlington Transit Cornwall Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit Milton Transit OC Transpo Orillia Transit St. Catharines Transit Transit Windsor Welland Transit
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	12-metre foot CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	12-metre diesel low floor	2019 option			Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Kingston Transit Milton Transit OC Transpo Welland Transit
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	12-metre CNG low floor
	12-metre diesel low floor	2020 option			Milton Transit Niagara Falls Transit OC Transpo St. Catharines Transit Transit Windsor Welland Transit
	12-metre foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor
	12-metre CNG low floor
2017	9-metre low floor	2019		Alexander Dennis	Orangeville Transit Simcoe County LINX
	9-metre low floor	2020			Chatham-Kent Transit Simcoe County LINX
	10.5-metre low floor option	2019			Simcoe County LINX
	10.5-metre low floor option	2020			Leamington Transit
2018	8-metre low floor specialized buses	2019		Creative Carriage	Guelph Transit Commission Oakville Transit York Region Transit
		2020			Chatham-Kent Transit,br>Guelph Transit Commission Milton Transit
		2021			Chatham-Kent Transit Cobourg Transit
		2022			Grand River Transit Guelph Transit Commission Milton Transit
		2023			Chatham-Kent Transit St. Thomas Transit
	Optional 7-metre low floor specialized buses	2019
		2020			Toronto Transit Commission
		2021
		2022			Toronto Transit Commission
		2023
2018	8-metre high floor specialized buses	2019		Overland Custom Coach
		2020
		2021
		2022
		2023
	Optional 7-metre high floor specialized buses	2019
		2020
		2021
		2022
		2023
2021	12-metre diesel low floor	2021		Nova Bus	Barrie Transit Brantford Transit Burlington Transit Cornwall Transit GOVA Transit Peterborough Transit St. Catharines Transit
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor				Durham Region Transit
	12-metre foot CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	12-metre diesel low floor	2022			Barrie Transit Brantford Transit Burlington Transit GOVA Transit Milton Transit Sault Ste. Marie Transit St. Catharines Transit Transit Windsor Welland Transit
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor				Cornwall Transit
	12-metre CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	12-metre diesel low floor	2023			Barrie Transit Brantford Transit Burlington Transit GOVA Transit
	12-metre foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor				Cornwall Transit
	12-metre CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
	12-metre diesel low floor	2024			Burlington Transit Durham Region Transit Transit Windsor
	12-metre foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor				North Bay Transit
	12-metre CNG low floor				Hamilton Street Railway
2021	18-metre low floor	2021		Nova Bus	St. Catharines Transit
		2022
		2023
2021	Minibus	2021		Creative Carriage^[11]	Chatham-Kent Transit
		2022
		2023			Belleville Transit Milton Transit
		2024
2022	8-metre low floor specialized buses	2023		Creative Carriage
	8-metre low floor specialized buses	2024			Cobourg Transit North Bay Transit
	Optional 7-metre low floor specialized buses	2023
	Optional 7-metre low floor specialized buses	2024
2022	8-metre high floor specialized buses	2023		Overland Custom Coach
	8-metre high floor specialized buses	2024
	Optional 7-metre high floor specialized buses	2023
	Optional 7-metre high floor specialized buses	2024
2023	12-metre battery-electric low floor	2024		New Flyer	Kingston Transit
	12-metre battery-electric low floor	2025			Barrie Transit
	18-metre battery-electric low floor	2024
	18-metre battery-electric low floor	2025
2024	12-metre diesel low floor	2024		New Flyer
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre CNG low floor			Nova Bus
	18-metre diesel low floor			New Flyer
	18-metre CNG low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre diesel low floor	2025		New Flyer
	12-metre diesel-electric hybrid low floor			New Flyer	Belleville Transit
	12-metre CNG low floor			Nova Bus	Hamilton Street Railway
	18-metre diesel low floor			New Flyer
	18-metre CNG low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre diesel low floor	2026		New Flyer	GOVA Transit Milton Transit Orangeville Transit Sault Ste. Marie Transit
	12-metre foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre CNG low floor			Nova Bus
	18-metre diesel low floor			New Flyer
	18-metre CNG low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre diesel low floor	2027		New Flyer
	12-metre foot diesel-electric hybrid low floor			New Flyer
	12-metre CNG low floor			Nova Bus
	18-metre diesel low floor			New Flyer
	18-metre CNG low floor			New Flyer
2025	9-metre battery-electric low floor	2026		Letenda^[12]
		2027
		2028

References

↑ RFP for Twelve Metre/Forty-Foot Low Floor Urban Diesel Transit Buses, Ministry of Transportation., merx.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21
↑ Provision of New Eight (8) Metre High Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, gotransit.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21
↑ Provision of New Eight (8) Metre Low Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, gotransit.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21
↑ York Joint Bus Procuement Low-Floor Specialized Mobility Buses york.ca, retrieved on 2010-02-11
↑ Provision of New Eight (8) Metre High Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, merx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Metrolinx joint procurement of specialized buses on behalf of municipalities, metrolinx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12
↑ Kenora Handi-Transit to take delivery of new accessible bus this spring, kenoradailyminerandnews.ca, retrieved on 2011-02-20
↑ Provision of New Eight (8) Metre Low Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, merx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Provision of Low Floor Diesel Urban Transit Buses & Diesel Electric Hybrid, merx.com, retrieved on 20110-03-04
↑ Metrolinx Facebook page photo, facebook.com, retrieved on 2011-06-16
↑ Metrolinx TPI Annual Report
↑ RFP-2025-PROC-582 - RFP-2025-PROC-582: Supply and Delivery of 9-Metre Battery Electric Transit Buses

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[1] RFP for Twelve Metre/Forty-Foot Low Floor Urban Diesel Transit Buses, Ministry of Transportation., merx.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21

[2] Provision of New Eight (8) Metre High Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, gotransit.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21

[3] Provision of New Eight (8) Metre Low Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, gotransit.com, retrieved on 2010-02-21

[4] York Joint Bus Procuement Low-Floor Specialized Mobility Buses york.ca, retrieved on 2010-02-11

[5] Provision of New Eight (8) Metre High Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, merx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12

[2011metrolinx-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Metrolinx joint procurement of specialized buses on behalf of municipalities, metrolinx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12

[7] Kenora Handi-Transit to take delivery of new accessible bus this spring, kenoradailyminerandnews.ca, retrieved on 2011-02-20

[8] Provision of New Eight (8) Metre Low Floor Diesel Specialized Transit Buses, merx.com, retrieved on 2010-11-12

[merx2011-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Provision of Low Floor Diesel Urban Transit Buses & Diesel Electric Hybrid, merx.com, retrieved on 20110-03-04

[10] Metrolinx Facebook page photo, facebook.com, retrieved on 2011-06-16

[11] Metrolinx TPI Annual Report

[12] RFP-2025-PROC-582 - RFP-2025-PROC-582: Supply and Delivery of 9-Metre Battery Electric Transit Buses

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