Metro - File #: 2025-0373

• File #: 2025-0373
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/1/2025
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 7/16/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD a cost-plus fixed fee Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity Contract No. AE128436MC085, to Zephyr UAS, Inc., to provide Construction Management Support Services for Capital Improvement Projects, for a period of five years in an amount Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $50,000,000, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; and B. EXECUTE individual Task Orders within the Board-approved contract amount.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Capital Project, Construction, Construction engineering, Construction management, Construction safety, Construction Support, Contract administration, Contracts, Grant Aid, Olympic games, Procurement, Professional Services, Program Management, Project, Project delivery, Project management, Safety, Safety and security

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JULY 16, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. AWARD a cost-plus fixed fee Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity Contract No. AE128436MC085, to Zephyr UAS, Inc., to provide Construction Management Support Services for Capital Improvement Projects, for a period of five years in an amount Not-To-Exceed (NTE) $50,000,000, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; and

B. EXECUTE individual Task Orders within the Board-approved contract amount.

Issue
ISSUE
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) requires professional services from a qualified Construction Management Support Services (CMSS) firm to support the design review, construction management, and administration of construction contracts for various Metro capital improvement projects and adjacent/joint development projects to ensure compliance with Metro's safety and security policies, contract requirements, and government regulations. The existing CMSS contract (AE76301MC081), awarded in 2021, is expiring and must be replaced to continue support of project delivery.

This new CMSS contract will provide essential pre-construction, contract administration, and construction-phase support to help projects transition from design completion to construction efficiently, while adhering to Metro's safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. It will also play a critical role in supporting high-priority projects leading up to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, providing early constructability reviews for designs being advanced through the Supplemental Engineering Services for Capital Improvement Projects contract.

Background
BACKGROUND

This contract allows Metro to efficiently and effectively augment Metro staff as needed, ensuring appropriat...