Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: I-5 NORTH HOV LANES CONTRACT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 12 to Contract No. AE469080015383 with CH2M Hill, Inc. (now Jacobs Engineering) for additional design services in the firm-fixed price amount of $923,203 increasing the Total Contract Value from $33,889,867 to $34,813,070.
Issue
ISSUE
This modification to contract No. AE469080015383 is required to complete the Plans, Specifications and Estimate (PS&E) of the I-5 North High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes Project from SR-14 to Parker Road (Project). The additional work is needed to address changes in the baseline conditions of the corridor and Caltrans' changes in design requirements that were not anticipated in the original scope of work. The additional scope includes, but is not limited to:
* additional roadway improvements including overhead sign work, changing the guardrail systems due to a change in Caltrans Design Standards, and changes to the Magic Mountain Parkway NB off-ramp improvements due to a hotel redevelopment that started while the Project design was in progress;
* design changes due to changes in existing conditions as a result of the on-going Caltrans pavement rehabilitation project;
* design updates due to the release of Caltrans 2018 Revised Standard Plans;
* 43 additional non-standard specifications exceeding the original Scope of Work assumptions;
* incorporating additional right of way requirements, including appraisal maps, legal descriptions, and plats for the Temporary Construction Easements (TCEs) and Permanent Easements; and
* additional landscape work based on Caltrans requirement to locate trees in the field and the permit condition of a 5-year plant establishment and monitoring period.
Background
BACKGROUND
The 13.9-mile project on I-5 from SR-14 to P...
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