Metro - File #: 2024-0397

• File #: 2024-0397
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/29/2024
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2024
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a cost plus fixed fee Contract No. AE120406MC083, to Anser Advisory, to provide Construction Management Support Services for Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Charging Infrastructure Projects located at our bus operation divisions, transit centers, as well as opportunity chargers along current BEB routes for a term of 3 years at a not to exceed total contract value of $6,012,319, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bids, Board approved a Motion, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Construction management, Construction Support, Contract administration, Contracts, Cost-plus Contract, Division 09, Division 18, El Monte Busway, El Monte Transit Station Enhancement, Labor, Location 0075, Low Carbon Transit Operations Program, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Divisions, Procurement, Professional Services, Program Management, Project, Project management, Rolling stock, Strategic planning, Transit buses, Transit centers, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions
• Related files: 2024-0448

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES (CMSS) FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC BUS CHARGER INFRASTRUCTURE

Action
ACTION: AWARD AND EXECUTE CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a cost plus fixed fee Contract No. AE120406MC083, to Anser Advisory, to provide Construction Management Support Services for Battery Electric Bus (BEB) Charging Infrastructure Projects located at our bus operation divisions, transit centers, as well as opportunity chargers along current BEB routes for a term of 3 years at a not to exceed total contract value of $6,012,319, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

In June 2021, Metro's Board of Directors approved a Life of Project (LOP) budget of $50 million to commence in FY22 for Phase 1 for the charging infrastructure needed to electrify the J Line. In February 2024, Metro released an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to construct the infrastructure required to install BEB charging equipment at Division 9 and the El Monte Transit Center (EMTC). This action authorizes a contract award to Anser Advisory to provide Construction Management Support Services initially for the Division 9 and EMTC project, as well as other BEB Charger Infrastructure projects during the term of the contract authorized through a Task Order, subject to the availability of funds.

Background
BACKGROUND

In July 2017, the Metro Board of Directors approved Motion #50 by Directors Bonin, Garcetti, Najarian, Hahn, and Solis, which endorsed a Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Strategic Plan to transition Metro's bus fleet to zero emission by 2030, contingent on envisioned cost and performance equivalence with compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and continued advancements in charging infrastructure. In 2018, the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Innovative Clean Transit...