Metro - File #: 2016-0828

• File #: 2016-0828
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/10/2016
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 1/19/2017
• Final action: 1/26/2017
• Title: CONSIDER: A. FINDING that use of the design-build contracting delivery approach pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 130242(a) will achieve certain private sector efficiencies in the integration of the design and construction of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project - Section 3 by providing for the award of a design-build contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder; and (REQUIRES 2/3 VOTE) B. APPROVING the use of the design-build contracting delivery approach pursuant to Public Contract Code 22160 - 22169 to reduce project costs, expedite project completion and allow for either an award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, or the negotiation and award of a design-build contract to a responsible proposer whose proposal is determined to be the best-value to Metro.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Bids, Board certification of Final EIS / EIR, Budgeting, Century City, Construction, Contract administration, Contracts, Design build, Federal Transit Administration, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Procurement, Project, Project delivery, Project management, Record Of Decision, Record of Decision issued, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, United States Department Of Transportation, Unsolicited Proposal Policy, Westside Cities subregion, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3, Westside Subwy Ext. Section 3 (Project), Westside/Central Service Sector, Wilshire/Western Station

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/26/2017	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/19/2017	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 19, 2017

Subject/Action
PROJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT - SECTION 3

ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACTING DELIVERY APPROACH FOR THE THIRD SUBWAY SECTION FROM CENTURY CITY CONSTELLATION TO WESTWOOD/VA HOSPITAL

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. FINDING that use of the design-build contracting delivery approach pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 130242(a) will achieve certain private sector efficiencies in the integration of the design and construction of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project - Section 3 by providing for the award of a design-build contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder; and

(REQUIRES 2/3 VOTE)

B. APPROVING the use of the design-build contracting delivery approach pursuant to Public Contract Code 22160 - 22169 to reduce project costs, expedite project completion and allow for either an award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, or the negotiation and award of a design-build contract to a responsible proposer whose proposal is determined to be the best-value to Metro.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is authorized to enter into design-build contracts pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 130242(a) and Public Contract Code Sections 22160 - 22169. The primary benefit of the design-build process has a potential of additional efficiencies in schedule and cost through the contractor's innovation, project management, administration, coordination, and design features.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

In April 2012, the Board of Directors certified the Final EIS/EIR for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project as a nine-mile, dual track heavy rail subway project with seven new subway stations that will operate as an extension of the Metro Purple Line from its current terminus at the Wilshire/Western Station to a new terminus near the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital. In August 2012, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a Record of ...