Metro - File #: 2023-0409

• File #: 2023-0409
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/8/2023
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 9/20/2023
• Final action: 9/28/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AWARDING AND EXECUTING up to a 60-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE97976000 to Vermont Corridor Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture between AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Terry A. Hayes Associates, Inc., and RAW International, Inc., in the amount of $55,668,537, to prepare the Planning and Environmental Study for the Vermont Transit Corridor, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any, and; B. AUTHORIZING the CEO to execute individual Contract Modifications within the Board-approved Contract Modification Authority.?
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Alameda Corridor East, Alternatives analysis, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, California Environmental Quality Act, Contracts, Curbs, Federal Transit Administration, Hilda Solis, Housing, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Measure M, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Rail C Line, Motion / Motion Response, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Outreach, Procurement, Project, Rail transit, Request For Proposal, Ridership, Safety, Strategic planning, Third rail, Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor, Vermont Transit Corridor (Project)
• Related files: 2022-0676, 2019-0259

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/28/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: VERMONT TRANSIT CORRIDOR

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AWARDING AND EXECUTING up to a 60-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE97976000 to Vermont Corridor Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture between AECOM Technical Services, Inc., Terry A. Hayes Associates, Inc., and RAW International, Inc., in the amount of $55,668,537, to prepare the Planning and Environmental Study for the Vermont Transit Corridor, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any, and;

B. AUTHORIZING the CEO to execute individual Contract Modifications within the Board-approved Contract Modification Authority.?

Issue
ISSUE

The Vermont Transit Corridor is a Measure M project with a projected opening date within Fiscal Years (FY) 2028 to 2030. Currently, there is $425 million (2015$) allocated for this project. To advance the project in accordance with the Measure M schedule, a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) needs to be identified and environmentally cleared.

On February 6, 2023, Metro issued a Request for Proposal (RFP No. AE97976) seeking a qualified consultant for planning, environmental, and engineering services for the Vermont Transit Corridor Project (Project). Board approval is needed to award Contract No. AE97976000 to allow the consultant to begin work.

Background
BACKGROUND

Vermont Avenue is the second busiest transit corridor in Los Angeles County with nearly 71,000 daily boardings (pre-Covid) served by Metro Local Line 204 and Metro Rapid Line 754, as well as the Metro B, D, E, and C rail lines. The corridor also connects some of the region's most economically and socially diverse communities. Between Hollywood Boulevard and 120th Street (Attachment A), 100% of the Vermont corridor is contained within Metro Equity-Focus Communities. The Vermont Transit Corridor Project will not only improve ...