Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES (SES) CONSULTANT SERVICE CONTRACT
Action
ACTION: AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE:
A. A three-year cost plus fixed fee type contract for AE59600 with HDR Engineering, Inc. for Supplemental Engineering Services for Engineering Design of Transit Rail Projects on a task order basis, plus two one-year options. The amount for the three-year base contract is $50,000,000 and the amount for the two one-year options is $20,000,000 for a total contract value not to exceed $70,000,000; subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and
B. Individual Task Orders and modifications within the Board approved contract amount.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro's staff engineers, architects and CADD designers in the Engineering Group are currently fully engaged supporting our current Major Rail Transit Projects (Crenshaw, Regional connector and Purple Line sections 1, 2 and 3), Metro Emergency Security Operations Center (ESOC), Metro Capital Improvements projects (CIP) such as the Patsaouras Plaza project and the Willowbrook / Rosa Parks Station Improvement Project and the State of Good Repairs Projects (SOGR) such as the Metro Blue Line (MBL) Signaling Rehabilitation and Operational Improvements project, Metro Orange Line (MOL) Improvements and the I-210 Barriers Replacement project.
The passage of Measure M has added a considerable workload to the Metro Engineering group with projects that are starting or that are completing design in the next five years such as the Airport Metro Connector 96th Street Station (AMC), West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, the Gold Line Foothill Extension to Claremont, and the BRT Connector Orange / Red Line to the Gold Line, which all have groundbreakings within the next five years.
In addition, important motions by Board of Directors require consi...
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