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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 15, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: DIVISION 20 EXIGENCY CONTRACT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on action to implement an Exigency Contract to complete Division 20 enabling work.
Background
BACKGROUND
In accordance with the Metro Acquisition Policy and Procedure Manual ACQ-2, the CEO is authorizing an Exigency Work Order under his authority to execute changes that are funded by the Division 20 Project and are within the Life of Project budget.
Acquisition Policy and Procedure Manual ACQ-2, Chapter 4, Section 4.20 Authorized Methods of Procurement, subsection C:
C. The negotiated method of procurement for the following types of procurement actions are authorized subject to a finding approved one level above the Contracting Officer;
1. The public exigency requires the immediate delivery of the articles. In order for this authority to be used, the need must be compelling and of unusual urgency, as when the MTA would be seriously injured, financially, or otherwise, if the property or services to be purchased or contracted for were not furnished by a certain time, and when they would not be processed by that time by means of formal advertising;
2. Only one source of supply is available or as a result of a single bid in response to an IFB, it is necessary to negotiate in order to determine price reasonableness;
3. The equipment to be purchased is of a technical nature and the procurement thereof without advertising is necessary in order to assure standardization of equipment and interchangeability of parts in the public interest.
A condition of the Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) for Purple Line Section 1 (PLE 1) was for the project to achieve the capability for a 4-minute headway. Opening for revenue service for PLE 1 is scheduled for November 8, 2023. Division 20 is currently working on an enabling utility contract to clear an area in t...
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