http://www.civilbeat.org/2011/03/10044-rail-contractor-says-city-rejected-best-value/

Last week, the city announced it wanted to award a $574 million core systems contract to Ansaldo Honolulu. A Civil Beat investigation found the contract would actually be worth more than $1 billion, including the operations and maintenances costs Carlisle did not include in his announcement.
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Honolulu rail chief Toru Hamayasu, Managing Director Doug Chin and city Budget Director Mike Hansen repeatedly defended the $574 characterization as appropriate, while City Council members challenged them on why the full DBOM value wasn’t presented when the contract was announced. 
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The Honolulu Rail project is too important to the future of the City not to be done right,”
Robbins wrote. “The HART Board of Directors has the chance now to make this right,
restore public trust in the process and act in the interests of the taxpayers.”
https://www.slideshare.net/civilbeat/bombardier-letter-to-hart-83111