Metro - File #: 2025-0094

• File #: 2025-0094
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/31/2025
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 4/16/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price Contract No. PS120069000 to Flatiron West, Inc., for Phase 1 Preconstruction Services for the Link Union Station Phase A Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Project, in the amount of $7,000,000, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s) if any.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Amtrak, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, California High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail Authority, California State Transportation Agency, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contractors, Contracts, Firm Fixed Price Contract, Grant Aid, High speed rail, Link Union Station, Los Angeles To San Diego To San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles Union Station, Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metrolink, Procurement, Project, Project delivery, Project management, Railroad commuter service, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Southern California Regional Interconnector Project (Project), Strategic planning, Westside Cities subregion

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL16, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: LINK UNION STATION PROJECT

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price Contract No. PS120069000 to Flatiron West, Inc., for Phase 1 Preconstruction Services for the Link Union Station Phase A Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Project, in the amount of $7,000,000, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s) if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Staff is seeking the Board's approval to award a firm fixed price Contract No. PS120069000 to Flatiron West, Inc. for Phase 1 Construction Manager/General Contractor Preconstruction Services for the Link Union Station Phase A Project.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Link Union Station (Link US) Project will transform how the commuter and intercity rail operates in Southern California with new run-through capability at Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) by providing one-seat rides for Northbound and Southbound run through service, doubling the capacity of daily train movements, reducing dwell times by as much as 20 minutes, and accommodating future high-speed rail.

The Link US Project is planned to be implemented in two phases:

1. Phase A - Includes a run-through structure from the stub end of Union Station, over the 101 Freeway, and connects to the mainline tracks on the West Bank of the Los Angeles River. In the initial phase, the run-through structure will provide immediate run-through service for Metrolink and the Pacific Surfliner (LOSSAN) on two tracks that connect to Platform 3. However, the run-through structure will be built to accommodate up to nine run-through tracks for future passenger and intercity rail expansion, including California High-Speed Rail.

2. Phase B - Includes a new rail yard with four new operating platforms and up to nine-run through tracks for Metrolink, LOSSAN and California High Speed Rail, as well as a new Passen...