Metro - File #: 2021-0279

• File #: 2021-0279
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/27/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/24/2021
• Final action: 6/24/2021
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE a cost-plus fixed fee Contract No. PS68345MC079 with Prescience Corporation to provide Construction Support Services for I-210 Soundwall Package 10 and I-710 Soundwall Packages 2 and 3, in an amount Not-to-Exceed $6,614,868 for a period of performance of 3 years, plus two (2) one-year options ($826,000 each year) that may be exercised in the future subject to resolution of properly submitted protest(s); and B. NEGOTIATE and execute individual Contract Work Orders and Contract Modifications up to the authorized Not-to-Exceed amount.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Bids, Budgeting, Construction, Construction Support, Construction Support Services Contract, Contract administration, Contracts, County Soundwalls- Appox 1 Mile Of Sound Wall On I-210 Between Marengo & Santa Anita (Project), Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, I-10, I-210, I-710, I-710 Early Action Projects- Soundwall Package 2 (Project), I-710 Early Action Projects- Soundwall Package 3 (Project), Long Beach, Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Noise barriers, Program Management, Project, Small Business Enterprise, Soundwall, Southern California Highways

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REVISED
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SOUNDWALL CONSTRUCTION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS


Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE a cost-plus fixed fee Contract No. PS68345MC079 with Prescience Corporation to provide Construction Support Services for I-210 Soundwall Package 10 and I-710 Soundwall Packages 2 and 3, in an amount Not-to-Exceed $6,614,868 for a period of performance of 3 years, plus two (2) one-year options ($826,000 each year) that may be exercised in the future subject to resolution of properly submitted protest(s); and

B. NEGOTIATE and execute individual Contract Work Orders and Contract Modifications up to the authorized Not-to-Exceed amount.

Issue
ISSUE

A Construction Support Services Consultant (CSSC) is required to assist Metro Program Management staff's direct oversight of I-210 Soundwall Package 10 and I-710 Soundwall Packages 2 and 3 (respectively known as Early Action Improvement Project (EAIP) I-710 South Corridor projects). These projects include new soundwalls and aesthetic treatments to existing soundwalls to match the new walls. Construction support services will be provided from final design through pre-construction activities, construction, contract close out, and administration of the construction contracts, and will help to ensure compliance with contract requirements and government regulations.

BACKGROUND

Soundwalls are noise barriers built between a noise generator and a sensitive receptor, such as a residential community, to reduce the level of noise transmitted from the generator to the receptor. The soundwall projects are located within Caltrans and City right of way and generally consist of construction of a 14 -foot tall masonry block wall supported on CIDH pile foundations or occasionally on spread footing foundations, grade beams or barrier rail concrete sections. Addit...