Metro - File #: 2020-0768

• File #: 2020-0768
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/4/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/24/2021
• Final action: 6/24/2021
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a five (5) year contract, Contract No. EN66937, with Kleinfelder, Inc. for Environmental Engineering and Consulting services on Task Orders for a total amount not-to-exceed $48,000,000 inclusive of three base years with an initial amount not-to-exceed $37,000,000; with two one-year options; and B. AUTHORIZING Contract Modification Authority (CMA) in the amount of $4,800,000 (10% of the not-to-exceed contract amount) and authorizing the CEO to award and execute individual task order changes and/or modifications within the CMA amount.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Air quality, Budgeting, Capital Project, Construction, Contracts, Disadvantaged business enterprises, Fuels, Groundwater, Procurement, Project, Safety, Small Business Enterprise, Storage tanks

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
6/17/2021	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a five (5) year contract, Contract No. EN66937, with Kleinfelder, Inc. for Environmental Engineering and Consulting services on Task Orders for a total amount not-to-exceed $48,000,000 inclusive of three base years with an initial amount not-to-exceed $37,000,000; with two one-year options; and

B. AUTHORIZING Contract Modification Authority (CMA) in the amount of $4,800,000 (10% of the not-to-exceed contract amount) and authorizing the CEO to award and execute individual task order changes and/or modifications within the CMA amount.

Issue
ISSUE

All major Capital and Capital Improvement Projects, along with many ongoing facilities maintenance and restoration activities undertaken by LA Metro requires environmental engineering and consulting services. Our agency must remain in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations to avoid potential fines, and civil and criminal liability. This contract has been a critical component for technical and environmental engineering support for many of our capital and operating projects. This contract provides technical expert environmental assistance to ensure timely environmental compliance and execution of needed environmental design, data generation and analysis, and environmental measurement and monitoring necessary and as required by Federal and State statutes and regulations, and local ordinances.

Approximately $33M of the total requested contract value is for the historical core duties performed under previous contracts that include: environmental and geotechnical assessments, Phase I/II environmental site assessments, construction and industrial stormwater monitoring, noise and vibration monitoring, air quality monitoring, soil and grou...