Metro - File #: 2018-0066

• File #: 2018-0066
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/22/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 4/12/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE: A. the Chief Executive Officer to award a Task Order (TO) based seven-year cost plus fixed fee contract plus three one-year options, Contract No. AE47810E0128, to SECOTrans (Joint Venture of LTK Engineering Services, NBA Engineering Inc., Pacific Railway Enterprises Inc., and Ramos Consulting Services, Inc) for systems engineering and support services for design of rail and transit projects; B. an initial two year not-to-exceed amount of $28,932,000 for Task Orders issued through Fiscal Year 2020; and C. the Chief Executive Officer to execute individual Task Orders and changes within the Board approved not-to-exceed amount for the contract.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Construction, Contracts, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Project delivery, Rail transit, Standardization, State Of Good Repair, Systems engineering, Transit buses, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative
• Related files: 2018-0253

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/26/2018	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 12, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

Action
ACTION: AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE:

A. the Chief Executive Officer to award a Task Order (TO) based seven-year cost plus fixed fee contract plus three one-year options, Contract No. AE47810E0128, to SECOTrans (Joint Venture of LTK Engineering Services, NBA Engineering Inc., Pacific Railway Enterprises Inc., and Ramos Consulting Services, Inc) for systems engineering and support services for design of rail and transit projects;

B. an initial two year not-to-exceed amount of $28,932,000 for Task Orders issued through Fiscal Year 2020; and

C. the Chief Executive Officer to execute individual Task Orders and changes within the Board approved not-to-exceed amount for the contract.

Issue
ISSUE

Staff seeks to award a Systems Engineering and Support Services contract to assist Metro in the delivery of voter approved Measures R, M, and other Board approved Capital Improvement projects. The recommended action will provide contracting authority for Task Orders issued during the initial two years, FY's 2019 and 2020. Staff intends to return to the Board every two years to request additional contract funding as conditions and project requirements warrant.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

With the approval of Measure M, the Twenty-Eight by '28 Plan, the ongoing implementation of the Measure R program, and required State of Good Repair initiatives, staff is seeking to engage a Systems Engineering Consultant (SEC) to provide a broad range of systems engineering design and related support services to supplement current Systems Engineering department resources.


Term

Due to the intensive system integration requirements and length of time needed to deliver major capital improvement projects, it is very inefficient and disruptive to change a systems engineering consultant during project delivery. The recomm...