Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT - SECTION 1
ACTION: AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) TO EXECUTE CONTRACT MODIFICATION
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Contract Modification No. 57 to Contract No. PS43502000 Parsons Brinkerhoff Inc. to provide continued design support services during construction for Section 1 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project, from December 2015 through June 2017, in the amount not-to-exceed $9,282,218 increasing the Total Contract Value from $152,503,103 to $161,785,321.
Issue
ISSUE
The Board authorized award of the PB Contract in June 2007 to provide environmental and engineering services for the nine-mile Westside Purple Line Extension Project. The Project Definition for the current nine-mile alignment, that was adopted by the Board on April 26, 2012, extends the Purple Line tunnels from the current terminus at Wilshire/Western to the Westwood/VA Hospital and includes seven underground stations. A Record of Decision for the Project was received from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on August 9, 2012; followed by the receipt of a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) on May 21, 2014, for the first phase (Section 1) of the Project (3.92 miles from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega).
Since 2007, the Board has approved Contract Modifications (Attachment B) to allow PB to continue engineering services to complete the bid documents and provide design support services during construction for three Advanced Utility Relocation (AUR) construction contracts and the Design/Build RFP solicitation documents for the tunnels, stations, systems and trackwork for the first Section (3.92 miles from Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega) of the Project. The first of the three AUR construction contracts was successfully completed in 2014; the second reache...
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