Metro - File #: 2016-0887

• File #: 2016-0887
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/2/2016
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 1/19/2017
• Final action: 1/26/2017
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute: A. a five-year cost-plus fixed fee Contract No. PS20111, with ICF International for CEQA/NEPA Environmental Services and Support on Task Orders, inclusive of two one-year options with an initial amount not-to-exceed $25,604,000, inclusive of three base years (not to exceed $15,076,003) with two one-year options (year one = $5,211,497 and year two = $5,315,727), subject to resolution of protest(s)subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and B. individual Task Orders and changes within the Board approved contract amount.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Bus Facilities Projects, California Environmental Quality Act, Carbon Emissions And Greenhouse Gas Management (Project), Construction, Contractors, Contracts, Energy Conservation Initiatives (Project), Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Guidelines, Major Investment Study, Metro Blue Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Procurement, Project, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Resolution, Sustainability Design Guidelines (Project), Sustainability Environmental Management System (Project)

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
SUBJECT: CEQA/NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT

ACTION: AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT


Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute:

A. a five-year cost-plus fixed fee Contract No. PS20111, with ICF International for CEQA/NEPA Environmental Services and Support on Task Orders, inclusive of two one-year options with an initial amount not-to-exceed $25,604,000, inclusive of three base years (not to exceed $15,076,003) with two one-year options (year one = $5,211,497 and year two = $5,315,727), subject to resolution of protest(s)subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and

B. individual Task Orders and changes within the Board approved contract amount.

Issue
ISSUE

Environmental analysis and clearance of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) projects is conducted under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (DOTA) of 1966, and other appropriate federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines related to the impact that Metro projects may have on the environment.
These Metro projects normally include rail development projects, bus service projects, and Metro facilities projects that have been planned and environmentally cleared through the use of federal Major Investment Study, Alternative Analysis/ Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement processes or through a CEQA Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report. These projects may also have been evaluated with various supplemental or subsequent environmental documents.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The existing Environmental Compliance contract is a five year contract that expired on December 31, 2016. The environmental compliance services that the existing contract provide...