Metro - File #: 2019-0659

• File #: 2019-0659
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/19/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/20/2019
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award and execute a 36-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE61156000 to WSP USA, Inc. in the amount of $27,494,005.21 for Architectural and Engineering services to produce the I-405 Phase 1 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes Project Approval/Environmental Document, the Concept of Operations report and 30% design, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Indexes: Budgeting, Contracts, Countywide ExpressLanes Strategic Plan, High occupancy toll lanes, I-10, I-405, I-405 Sepulveda Pass, Measure M, Metro ExpressLanes, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Procurement, Project, Project Status Report, Strategic planning, Tolls, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: I-405 SEPULVEDA PASS (PHASE 1) EXPRESSLANES PROJECT APPROVAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT AWARD

Action:
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award and execute a 36-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE61156000 to WSP USA, Inc. in the amount of $27,494,005.21 for Architectural and Engineering services to produce the I-405 Phase 1 Sepulveda Pass ExpressLanes Project Approval/Environmental Document, the Concept of Operations report and 30% design, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE
The Metro Board previously directed the Congestion Reduction department to initiate planning studies for the conversion of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes into High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes for those projects within Tier 1 of the ExpressLanes Strategic Plan, adopted in January 2017. Interstate 405 (I-405) between I-10 and US-101 (I-405 Phase 1 Sepulveda Pass) ExpressLanes is among the Tier 1 projects slated for near term implementation.
To continue the planning efforts required for I-405 Sepulveda Pass Phase 1 ExpressLanes, professional services are required to support the development of the Project Approval/Environmental Document (PA/ED), Concept of Operations and Preliminary Design. During the PA/ED phase, more detailed studies including traffic analysis and an environmental assessment will be conducted to further refine the information in the PSR-PDS and develop the Project Report and Environmental Document.
Background
BACKGROUND

In November 2014, the Board directed the preparation a Countywide ExpressLanes Strategic Plan (the Plan) based on the previous success of the I-110 and I-10 ExpressLanes. In January 2017, the Board approved the Plan which screened, organized, and ranked possible ExpressLanes projects in Los Angeles County into three tiers ba...