Metro - File #: 2018-0285

• File #: 2018-0285
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/8/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/21/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the CEO to execute Modification No. 2 to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), with Steve Bubalo Construction Company for supply and installation of equipment for a traffic Video Detection System (VDS) required by Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in the amount of $567,554, increasing the total contract value from $11,439,000 to $12,006,554; and B. APPROVING an increase in Contract Modification Authority (CMA) to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), increasing the current CMA from $1,143,900 to $2,287,800.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Construction management, Contracts, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Procurement, Project, Project management, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 3, Westside Subwy Ext. Section 3 (Project)
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION SECTION 3
PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION AND INCREASE CONTRACT MODIFICATION AUTHORITY

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the CEO to execute Modification No. 2 to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), with Steve Bubalo Construction Company for supply and installation of equipment for a traffic Video Detection System (VDS) required by Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in the amount of $567,554, increasing the total contract value from $11,439,000 to $12,006,554; and

B. APPROVING an increase in Contract Modification Authority (CMA) to Contract C1153, Advanced Utility Relocations (Westwood/UCLA Station), increasing the current CMA from $1,143,900 to $2,287,800.

Issue
ISSUE

Contract C1153 is a firm fixed price contract to re-locate underground LADWP Power and Water utilities in advance of the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3 Project (Project) Design/Build Contracts C1151 Tunnels and C1152 Stations, Trackwork, Systems and Testing.

A VDS is required by LADOT to be installed to facilitate traffic management while work on this Contract is performed on heavily traveled streets in the Westwood/UCLA area.

The approval of additional CMA will allow staff to continue to process contract modifications to Contract C1153 in a timely manner and avoid costly construction delays to the Design/Builders for the Project, which is dependent on the timely completion of the advanced utility relocation work.



Background
BACKGROUND

The Project consists of approximately 2.59 miles of twin-bored tunnels and two underground stations located at Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital.

Contract C1153 provides for advanced utility relocations where existing water and power utilities are in conflict with the construction of the future Westwood/UCLA Station. The future sta...