The Utah Transit Authority issued a notice on November 6 regarding a proposed sole source procurement for Trapeze Group. The request involves a five-year contract with an estimated total of $2,772,016.00.
The proposed procurement for Trapeze is intended to address specialized needs within the agency's transit technology ecosystem. According to the notice, the system includes advanced capabilities such as scheduling algorithms, demand forecasting, cost modeling, customer registration, trip booking, real-time scheduling, and dispatching.
UTA officials stated that these functions are tightly integrated into operational workflows and are supported by internal staff with specialized knowledge of the platform. The notice noted that replacing the Trapeze system would require a complete overhaul of the agency's transit technology ecosystem.
Under Utah Transit Authority procurement policy, sole source procurements are used when a contract award is infeasible through other selection methods. This applies if the goods or services are of a specialized nature requiring expertise available from only a single source, if public exigency or emergency prevents delays from competitive solicitations, or if competition is determined to be inadequate after solicitations of multiple sources.
The notice period began on November 6, 2026, and is scheduled to end on November 13, 2026, at 5:00 PM MST. Comments or objections regarding the proposed sole source procurement must be emailed to Pat Postell, UTA Contract and Grants Administrator, at rwilson@rideuta.com prior to the deadline on November 13, 2026, at 11:30 AM MST.
