Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: JOINT DEVELOPMENT BENCH CONTRACTS
ACTION: AWARD JOINT DEVELOPMENT BENCH CONTRACTS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ESTABLISHING 16 contract agreements under the Joint Development Bench, solicited as Request for Information and Qualification (RFIQ) No. PS26132, with the contractors recommended in Attachment A-1 for a three-year period with two one-year options for professional services not-to-exceed a cumulative total value of $6 million; and
B. AUTHORIZING the CEO to award Task Orders within the approved not-to-exceed cumulative total value of $6 million.
Issue
ISSUE
The Metro Joint Development (JD) Program evaluates Metro-owned properties for potential joint development and selects properties that are good candidates. Metro's JD Program staff requires professional services support for the related community engagement, proposal generation, evaluation and due diligence activities for joint development, as well as support for other projects generated by the Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Demonstration Program. The recommendations in this report will establish a JD Bench (Bench), from which the Metro JD team can procure these needed professional services. The Bench will allow task orders to be awarded more efficiently since the initial qualification reviews have been completed.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The Bench will provide expertise and resources across five (5) disciplines critical to successful JD project delivery: community engagement, solicitation support, urban design, financial feasibility and grant writing. The bench will also support implementation of the TOC Demonstration Program. It is expected that services will be required for selected projects identified as a function of staff activity otherwise approved by the Metro Board and also for smaller scale, shorter term projects, or components of projects with JD potential including adjacent developme...
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