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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MARCH 18, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: K-LINE EXTENSION TO TORRANCE
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:
A. AWARD a cost-plus fixed fee contract, Contract No. AE130368000, for a period of five years, with two, three-year options, to Hill International, Inc., for Program Management Support Services (PMSS) for the K-Line Extension to Torrance Project (formerly referred to as the C (Green) Line Extension) in an amount Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $89,198,548 for the base term, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; and
B. EXECUTE individual Contract Modifications within the Board-approved CMA.
Issue
ISSUE
Staff is seeking the Board's approval of a contract award to provide program management and construction management support services to meet the Board's expectation of delivering the K-Line Extension to Torrance Project, formally known as C (Green) Line Extension Project. This contract will allow staff to continue the momentum already established in the ongoing coordination with third-party stakeholders, which is key to ensuring the successful completion of project-related agreements.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Project roadmap is comprised of the following parallel workstreams:
* Engineering - completing advanced preliminary engineering for the Hawthorne Alignment,
* Early Due Diligence (EDD) - addressing high risk items such as Caltrans approvals and encroachment permits, electrical transmission and other utility conflicts, commercial right-of-way acquisitions, unknown soil conditions, and third-party agreements, and
* LRT Project Delivery - analyzing potential phasing options to address current funding limitations and continuing to evaluate various contract delivery methods most beneficial to Metro.
A component of the EDD workstream will include a separate Board action to execute a contract modification to the en...
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