File #: 2016-0746   
Type: Contract Status: Passed
File created: 9/12/2016 In control: Construction Committee
On agenda: 10/20/2016 Final action: 10/27/2016
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 60 to Contract No. PS43502000 with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to provide continued design support services during construction for Section 2 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project, from November 2016 through June 2018, in an amount not-to-exceed $9,551,411 increasing the total contract value from $189,870,354 to $199,421,765.
Sponsors: Construction Committee
Indexes: Audit, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Construction management, Construction Support, Contracts, Design build, Federal Transit Administration, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Grant Aid, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail D Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, New Starts Program, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Project management, Request For Proposal, Westside Subway Extension Section 2 (Project), Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Procurement Summary WPLE.pdf, 2. Attachment B - Contract Modification-Change Order Log WPLE.pdf, 3. Attachment C - DEOD SUMMARY
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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 20, 2016


Subject/Action
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT - SECTION 2

ACTION: AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) TO EXECUTE CONTRACT MODIFICATION

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 60 to Contract No. PS43502000 with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to provide continued design support services during construction for Section 2 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project, from November 2016 through June 2018, in an amount not-to-exceed $9,551,411 increasing the total contract value from $189,870,354 to $199,421,765.

Issue
ISSUE

On December 31, 2014, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved Metro's request for Section 2 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project to enter the New Starts Engineering phase of the FTA Capital Investment Grant Program. With this approval, Metro has the automatic pre-award authority to incur costs for Engineering activities, demolition and other non-construction activities, such as the procurement of rails, ties, commodities, and other specialized equipment.
In addition, Metro has automatic pre-award authority to acquire real property, perform advanced utility relocations and procure rail vehicles, since the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process has been completed for the entire nine-mile Project.
In February 2015, the Board authorized the CEO to continue advanced preliminary engineering, design for advanced relocation of utilities, engineering support services during the design-build solicitation process, and design support services during the construction for Section 2 of the Westside Subway Extension Project under the services of Contract PS43502000, with PB. The design-build RFP solicitation documents were prepared as part of the C1120 Tunnels, Stations, Systems and Trackwork contract that is scheduled to be awarded by the Board in January 2017.
On August 4,...

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