Metro - File #: 2025-0602

• File #: 2025-0602
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/21/2025
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 11/19/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD a firm fixed price Contract No. PS130703000 to Clark Construction Group - CA, LP, for Phase 1 Preconstruction Services of the Progressive Design-Build Operate and Maintain contract for the Zero Emission Bus Charging Infrastructure Project for Division 18 and Division 7 (Project) in the amount of $15,943,897, subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any; B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Phase-of-Project Budget (Preconstruction Budget) for the Project in the amount of $154,403,000; and C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and contracts including contract modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Agreements, Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Construction, Contractors, Contracts, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, Division 07, Division 18, Firm Fixed Price Contract, Grant Aid, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Metro Divisions, Motion / Motion Response, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Operations and Maintenance, Plan, Procurement, Program, Progressive Design/Build, Project, Purchasing, Rolling stock, Strategic planning, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: ZERO EMISSION BUS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR DIVISION 18 AND DIVISION 7

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. AWARD a firm fixed price Contract No. PS130703000 to Clark Construction Group - CA, LP, for Phase 1 Preconstruction Services of the Progressive Design-Build Operate and Maintain contract for the Zero Emission Bus Charging Infrastructure Project for Division 18 and Division 7 (Project) in the amount of $15,943,897, subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any;

B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Phase-of-Project Budget (Preconstruction Budget) for the Project in the amount of $154,403,000; and

C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and contracts including contract modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget.

Issue
ISSUE

Staff is seeking the Board's approval to award a Progressive Design-Build Operate and Maintain (PDBOM) firm fixed price Contract No. PS130703000 in the amount of $15,943,897 for the Zero Emission Bus Charging Infrastructure Project at Division 18 and Division 7. Additionally, staff seeks the Board's approval to establish a Preconstruction Budget for the Project at $154,403,000 with authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all Project related agreements, contracts, and contract modifications within the Preconstruction Budget.

Background
BACKGROUND

In July 2017, the Board approved Motion 50 by Directors Bonin, Garcetti, Najarian, Hahn, and Solis, which endorsed a ZEB Strategic Plan to transition Metro's entire bus fleet to zero-emission by 2030 (Attachment A). This was contingent upon cost and performance equivalence with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses, as well as continued advancements in charging infrastructure. In 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB)'s Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulati...