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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 18, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRE-LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS TESTING AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 6 to Contract No. OP5766200 with Link-Nilsen Corporation, for Fire-Life Safety Systems Testing and Certification services to exercise option year two in an amount not to exceed $836,474, increasing the total contract value from $3,462,243 to $4,298,717 and extending the contract term from September 15, 2020 to September 15, 2021.
Issue
ISSUE
This contract option year one will expire on September 15, 2020. To continue providing the critically mandated services, a contract modification is required to exercise and increase the original value of option year two by $350,000 from $486,474 to $836,474, increasing the total contract value from $3,462,243 to $4,298,717 and extending the contract term from September 15, 2020 to September 15, 2021.
Background
BACKGROUND
This contract was awarded on August 25, 2016. The contractor is required to provide regulatory required testing, repair and certification services for fire/life safety five-year water-based systems throughout Metro bus and rail facilities, and the bus facilities annual water-based systems, elevators, emergency power and exit lighting systems, complex and basic fire alarm panels, supervising station fire alarm systems, automatic closing fire assemblies and emergency generators.
During the contract three-year base period, in January 2017 and thereafter, services were expanded to include the rail facilities 484 annual water-based systems, 136 elevators and 32 auto closing assemblies (fire doors that automatically close when activated by the fire alarm panel). These services were added to this contract due to the limited resources of LAFD Reg. 4 certified testers among Metro personnel and to ensure ...
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