Metro - File #: 2019-0887

• File #: 2019-0887
• Type: Contract
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 12/9/2019
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/23/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE: A. An increase to the total authorized funding for Contract No. PS325890084203243 with Cumming Construction Management, Inc. to provide Sustainability Program Assistance Services (SPAS) support in the amount of $1,548,036 increasing the Total Contract Value from $13,729,353 to $15,277,389; and B. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute all individual Task Orders and changes within the new Board approved contract funding amount.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Board approved Contract, Budgeting, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Carbon Emissions And Greenhouse Gas Management (Project), Conservation, Construction, Construction management, Contracts, Energy Conservation Initiatives (Project), Maintenance, Maintenance facilities, Maintenance practices, Measure M, Measure R, Operations and Maintenance, Procurement, Professional Services, Program, Program management, Project, Project management, Safety, Strategic planning, Sustainability Design Guidelines (Project), Sustainability Environmental Management System (Project)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/16/2020	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 16, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE:

A. An increase to the total authorized funding for Contract No. PS325890084203243 with Cumming Construction Management, Inc. to provide Sustainability Program Assistance Services (SPAS) support in the amount of $1,548,036 increasing the Total Contract Value from $13,729,353 to $15,277,389; and

B. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute all individual Task Orders and changes within the new Board approved contract funding amount.

Issue
ISSUE

The passing of Measure M and continuation of Measure R projects in the last four years has increased the number of projects that have been developed; number of which have been awarded and executed. While LA Metro has incorporated sustainable principles, specifically climate, energy, water and resource conservation and management, into its organizational values and core business goals, the agency's strategy is to continue developing ways to not only incorporate but to ensure the implementation of sustainability principles to express the agency's commitment to "reduce, re-use, and recycle all internal resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

The demand to monitor and measure the implementation, maintenance, and related activities have significantly increased since the passing of Measure M in 2016, including the sustainability program assistance services that provide as-needed analysis, studies, surveys, investigations, modeling, predictions, and/or reports related to the operation and maintenance of Metro's transportation system, facilities, and support activities. Specific tasks have also included monitoring of the project specific Sustainability Plans, green construction equipment compliance, training of staff and personnel in the operations and maintenance of green, energy efficient, and renewable energy ...