Metro - File #: 2018-0183

• File #: 2018-0183
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/4/2018
• In control: Ad Hoc Congestion, Highway and Roads Committee
• On agenda: 6/21/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a four year, firm fixed price Contract No. PS48950000 to Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for professional services in an amount not to exceed $5,489,479.96, for the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Modernization project, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Ad Hoc Congestion, Highway and Roads Committee
• Indexes: Advanced traveler information systems, Air quality, Budgeting, Contracts, Federal Highway Administration, Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, Grant Aid, Highway transportation, I-710, I710 South Early Action Project (Project), Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Measure R, Metro Affordable Transit Connected Housing Program, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Procurement, Program, Project, Safety, Systems engineering, Traffic congestion, Trucking
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
AD HOC CONGESTION, HIGHWAY AND ROADS COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: FREIGHT ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION
SYSTEM (FRATIS) MODERNIZATION

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a four year, firm fixed price Contract No. PS48950000 to Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for professional services in an amount not to exceed $5,489,479.96, for the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Modernization project, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

In October 2017, staff informed the Board that Metro received a grant through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) Program. On December 15, 2017, Metro entered into a cooperative agreement with FHWA and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to secure the grant funds. Funds were authorized in March 2018. Upon approval by the Board, staff will execute the contract with the consultant and formally initiate the planning phase of the project.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB) collectively comprise the largest goods movement complex in North America, handling 40 percent of the nation's import traffic and 25 percent of the nation's export traffic. This volume of freight and the associated truck traffic is expected to more than double by 2035, resulting in severe congestion problems, including truck trip delays in and near the ports, as well as general traffic congestion on metropolitan area highways and arterials. This increased truck traffic and roadway congestion also generates negative regional impacts on air quality, noise, safety, and economic competitiveness.

Due to this congestion and air quality issues, Metro and Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), identified drayage optimization applications, such as FRATIS, as a top prior...