Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 15, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: JOB ORDER CONTRACTING SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 2 for the Job Order Contracting Professional Services Contract OP261685000 with The Gordian Group, Inc., in the Not-To-Exceed (NTE) contract amount of $5,000,000, increasing the total NTE contract amount from $499,999 to $5,499,999.
Issue
ISSUE
The Job Order Contracting (JOC) professional services contract provides support for various transit infrastructure improvement initiatives across the Metro transit system. A job order in a JOC program is an individual project assignment issued under a master contract. It defines a specific scope of work, location, and completion schedule, priced using a pre-established unit price book. It is used for quick, on-call repairs, maintenance, or renovation projects. This modification is needed to support JOC projects that require Gordian Group, Inc.'s (Gordian) professional services, including contractor training on Unit Price Books, related software for Job Order pricing development, Job Order project management, and Job Order construction management, as needed. Notice to Proceed (NTP) has been issued for one job order, and another thirteen job orders are progressing towards NTP by the end of April, under the current JOC professional services contract amount ($499,999).
Background
BACKGROUND
Gordian serves as Metro's professional services provider in support of the JOC program, under Contract OP261685000, initially awarded in February 2025. These services are critical to the effective administration and successful execution of the JOC contract. Gordian developed and provided the Unit Price Book (UPB), which enables pre-qualified bench contractors to competitively bid work through the job order process. The UPB is a comprehensive catalog of construction and rehabilitation tasks an...
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