Metro - File #: 2017-0336

• File #: 2017-0336
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/9/2017
• In control: Ad Hoc Congestion, Highway and Roads Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2017
• Final action: 7/27/2017
• Title: AWARD AND EXECUTE a 24-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE39064000 with Civil Works Engineers in the amount of $2,973,023.98 for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) services for the preparation of the Project Report (PR) and the Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) for Southbound (SB) Interstate 605/Beverly Blvd. Interchange Improvements, pending resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: "Hot Spots" Program, Budgeting, Construction, Contracts, Federal Highway Administration, I-105, I-405, I-5, I-605, I-605 Corridor "Hot Spot" (Project), Interchanges, Measure R, Pico Rivera, Procurement, Project, Project Status Report, Safety, Southern California Highways, SR-91, Union Station Gateway Improvement, Whittier

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/27/2017	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
AD HOC CONGESTION, HIGHWAY & ROADS COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2017

Subject
SUBJECT: SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE 605/BEVERLY BLVD.
INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS ENGINEERING
SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD

Action
ACTION: AWARD RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AWARD AND EXECUTE a 24-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE39064000 with Civil Works Engineers in the amount of $2,973,023.98 for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) services for the preparation of the Project Report (PR) and the Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) for Southbound (SB) Interstate 605/Beverly Blvd. Interchange Improvements, pending resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro, in collaboration with Caltrans and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), is leading the development of Measure R I-605 "Hot Spots" highway improvement projects. This contract award will enable Metro to complete the project report and the plans, specifications and estimates for the proposed improvements to Southbound (SB) Interstate 605 (I-605)/Beverly Blvd. Interchange Improvements in the cities of Pico Rivera and Whittier and the unincorporated Los Angeles County.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The Metro Board designated $590 million in Measure R funds for the "Hot Spots" congestion relief improvements along the I-605, SR-91 and I-405 Corridors in the Gateway Cities sub-region. In March 2013, Metro completed a feasibility study of I-605 and crossing corridors (I-405, SR-91, I-105, I-5, and SR-60) to identify congestion "Hot Spots" and develop preliminary improvement concepts. One of the identified congestion Hot Spots was the I-605/I-5 Interchange, of which this project is part. Attachment C shows the location of the Project.


Metro completed a Project Study Report/Project Development Support (PSR/PDS) for the I-605/I-5 Interchange area in July 2014. The PSR/PDS is an initial scoping and resourcing document that identifies the transportation deficiencies, major elements that...