Metro - File #: 2018-0130

• File #: 2018-0130
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/19/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 5/16/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 40-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE49337000 to IBI Group in the amount of $5,582,619 for a base contract to complete the North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Planning and Environmental Study and one of two optional tasks to advance the design through either i) Advanced Conceptual Engineering (ACE) in an amount not to exceed $928,908, or ii) Preliminary Engineering (PE) in an amount not to exceed $3,176,895, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $8,759,514, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alameda Corridor East, Alternatives analysis, Board approved a Motion, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, California Environmental Quality Act, City of Los Angeles, Contracts, Environmental Impact Report, Housing, Measure M, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, North San Fernando Valley Brt Improvements (Project), North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, Northridge, Outreach, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Transit buses, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative
• Related files: 2018-0347

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2018	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2018


Subject
SUBJECT: NORTH SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BUS RAPID
TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY

Action
ACTION: AWARD ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 40-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE49337000 to IBI Group in the amount of $5,582,619 for a base contract to complete the North San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Planning and Environmental Study and one of two optional tasks to advance the design through either i) Advanced Conceptual Engineering (ACE) in an amount not to exceed $928,908, or ii) Preliminary Engineering (PE) in an amount not to exceed $3,176,895, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $8,759,514, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE

The North San Fernando Valley (NSFV) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Improvements Project is identified and funded by Measure M with an expected opening date between Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 and FY 2025. Currently, $180 million in Measure M funds are allocated for the project. The project was also highlighted in the Twenty-Eight by '28 initiative adopted by the Board in January 2018. In order to meet the Measure M schedule, a Proposed Project for the corridor needs to be identified and environmentally cleared through an Alternatives Analysis (AA) and environmental review study.
The Contract is for both the AA and environmental review needed to complete the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Two optional tasks are also included for up to an additional 12 months for either ACE to the 15% level of design or PE to the 30% level of design.
Board approval of this professional services contract is needed in order to proceed with the work and meet the Measure M schedule. The Procurement and DEOD Summary for Con...