Metro - File #: 2020-0689

• File #: 2020-0689
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/2/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 12/3/2020
• Final action: 12/3/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 54-month, firm fixed price Contract No. PS68039000 to Arellano Associates LLC, for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Community Participation Program, in the total amount of $4,861,759 (inclusive of four optional tasks: Task 3.1.1 for Copywriting and Mailing Support in the amount of $81,417, Task 4.1.1 for Printing in the amount of $25,167, Task 5.2 for Video Production in the amount of $167,234, and Task 11 for the expansion of the program to include the Westside-LAX area in the amount of $1,073,011), subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Call For Projects, Contractors, Contracts, First/Last Mile, Long Range Transportation Plan, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink, Outreach, Pre-Development Agreement, Procurement, Professional Services, Program, Project, Public Participation Plan, Request For Proposal, Ridership, Sepulveda Transit Corridor (Project), Strategic planning, Transit centers, Transit Oriented Community, Travel time
• Related files: 2020-0856

Date	Action By	Action	Result
12/3/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
11/18/2020	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 54-month, firm fixed price Contract No. PS68039000 to Arellano Associates LLC, for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Community Participation Program, in the total amount of $4,861,759 (inclusive of four optional tasks: Task 3.1.1 for Copywriting and Mailing Support in the amount of $81,417, Task 4.1.1 for Printing in the amount of $25,167, Task 5.2 for Video Production in the amount of $167,234, and Task 11 for the expansion of the program to include the Westside-LAX area in the amount of $1,073,011), subject to the resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

On January 24, 2020, Metro issued a Request for Proposals (RFP No. PS68039) seeking a qualified contractor for professional services to develop a Community Participation Program for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project (Project). Optional tasks allow for the development of a Community Participation Program to include a Study Area from Westside-LAX, in addition to Valley-Westside. Board approval is needed to award Contract No. PS68039000 to allow the contractor to begin work on supporting the environmental process and the advancement of the Pre-Development Agreement (PDA) process.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Project will provide an essential transportation link across the Santa Monica Mountains, connecting the heavy concentration of households in the San Fernando Valley with major employment and activity centers on the Westside, including LAX.

The Project was included in Metro's 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and is included in the updated 2020 Draft LRTP. In 2016, the Project was accelerated by the approval of Measure M. The Measure M Expenditure Plan identifies the Valley-Westside portion of the Project (...